Eko Hot Blog reports that The complete list of charges against former US president Donald Trump has been released amid the investigation into alleged hush money payments made to a porn star.
Trump, who has become the first former president to face Criminal, was arraigned today and arrested on arrival in New York City.
He pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as he appeared before Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
Trump was escorted by secret service agents from Trump Towers, also in Manhattan, to the court on Tuesday. He was seen waving as he arrived at the court this afternoon.
As well as having his fingerprints taken, the 45th president had to surrender his passport.
The charges he faces relate to alleged hush money payments dating from 2016, during the presidential campaign, to cover allegations he had an extramarital affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
The investigation scrutinises six-figure payments made to Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Trump had denied claims from Stormy that the pair had an affair in 2006, as both women say they had sexual encounters with Trump, who was married at the time, years before he got into politics.
The former president has denied any wrongdoing involving the payments and denies having sexual liaisons with either woman.
Ahead of his arrest, Trump said on his social media site Truth Social: “Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse. Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Can’t believe this is happening in America. MAGA!”
Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records surrounded by his legal team on the 15th floor of the lower Manhattan court.
The charges stem from a hush-money payment during the 2016 campaign.
The first grand jury indictment against a former president was unsealed before Judge Juan Merchan.
All 34 charges against Trump are “Class E felonies”, the lowest level of a felony crime in New York. Each count carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
The complete list of charges related to falsifying business records in the first degree in Indictment No.71543-23is as follows:
The charges against him do not require that bail be set.
In a statement, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. said: “Manhattan is home to the country’s most significant business market.”
“We cannot allow New York businesses to manipulate their records to cover up criminal conduct. As the Statement of Facts describes, the trail of money and lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New York’s basic and fundamental business laws.”
“As this office has done repeatedly, we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.”
The statement added: “We allege Donald Trump and his associates repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters.”
Source: Daily Record
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