Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Counts Of Falsifying Business Records
Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Counts Of Falsifying Business Records . Donald Trump Mary Akanbi 6th April, 2023 Former United States President, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges during his court hearing. Trump was earlier arrested and in police custody ahead of his arraignment. News outlets were barred from broadcasting the arraignment. However, Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, released the details of the former president’s charges in an indictment sheet. Bragg said Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. He said during the election, Trump and others employed a “catch and kill” scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. Trump then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal crim...