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Ex-US President Trump Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Criminal Charges
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A grand jury investigating Trump in Manhattan, New York indicted the former president last Thursday.
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The move made Trump the first former or current US president to be charged with a crime.
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He was arraigned in court on Tuesday where he pled not guilty to all charges.
Eko Hot Blog reports that former United States President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts in a Manhattan court after hearing charges against him.
According to US media, the charges stem from an investigation into a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Prosecutors on Tuesday alleged Trump was a part of an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. They allege he was part of an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, including the $130,000 payment.
The reason he committed the crime of falsifying business records was in part to “promote his candidacy,” prosecutors alleged. Trump is not charged with criminal conspiracy.
Former US President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court. (Photo: Seth Wenig/Pool/AP)
Each criminal charge Trump is facing relates to a specific entry among the business records of the Trump Organization, according to the indictment. Prosecutors accuse Trump of repeatedly causing false entries in the business records.
The arraignment went on for about an hour before the former president left the court for Florida, his state of residence.
The next in-person hearing date for Trump’s case in New York is set for December 4 as of now.
FURTHER READING
He became the first former US president to face criminal charges Tuesday when he was arraigned.
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