President Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty To All Charges
Moments ago, President Trump pleaded not guilty in the Manhattan. According to Fox News, the unsealed indictment officially charges Trump with 34 counts of “falsifying business records”.
Here’s more from CNBC:
The indictment against former President Donald Trump charges him with 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy in connection with hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election.
The indictment says those payments were done to suppress claims by those women of having sex with Trump, in order to avoid those accounts harming his chances of winning the election over Hillary Clinton
The charging document was unsealed at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges.
First photo of Donald Trump in the courtroom in Manhattan for his arraignment. (AP/Seth Wenig) pic.twitter.com/RcI4W81ry6
— The Recount (@therecount) April 4, 2023
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump officially pleads Not Guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
BREAKING: Trump pleads not guilty. pic.twitter.com/9PunS7LWSK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 4, 2023
About 30 minutes ago, President Trump avoided reporters and went directly into the courtroom:
Video of Trump entering the courthouse.pic.twitter.com/kkQjEhlMQZ
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 4, 2023
The image below is going viral, showing a defiant Trump entering the Manhattan courthouse:
This iconic image of a generation pic.twitter.com/JN8LPRVC8f