Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges – By Erica Orden and Kyle Cheney (Politico) / Apr 4 2023
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts in the New York investigation into his alleged role in a hush money scheme
NEW YORK — Prosecutors in Manhattan say former president Donald Trump orchestrated a sweeping scheme to bury damaging allegations about extramarital affairs — which had been set to emerge before the 2016 presidential election — and then tried to cover it up by falsifying company records.
“During and in furtherance of his candidacy for President, the Defendant and others agreed to identify and suppress negative stories about him,” according to charging documents unveiled Tuesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony charges connected to his role in the alleged scheme, a plea that came at the conclusion of an extraordinary trip to the courthouse for the former president. Trump, the first former president ever indicted, delivered his plea in a Manhattan courtroom a few hours after turning himself in to authorities.
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