New Delhi: Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from hush-money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, at a historic court hearing in New York.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, which reportedly include the felony of conspiracy and stem from hush money paid to a former porn star during the tycoon's 2016 election campaign, to keep quiet over an alleged affair.
Trump, 76, was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury last week in a case stemming from a 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, though the specific charges have yet to be disclosed. Trump has said he is innocent and is due to plead not guilty.
Here are the live on Donald Trump's court appearance:
Apr 05, 2023 01:55 (IST)
Trump charged over pre-election hush-money cases: prosecutor
Former US president Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from three pre-election hush-money cases, prosecutors said Tuesday.
"Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
Bragg said Trump arranged for the payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about a 2006 sexual encounter.
A payment of $30,000 was made through an intermediary to a former Trump Tower doorman who was claiming that Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock, Bragg said.
Apr 05, 2023 01:20 (IST)
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Apr 05, 2023 01:18 (IST)
Trump charged over three hush-money cases: prosecutor
Former US president Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from three pre-election hush-money cases, prosecutors said Tuesday.
"Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
Apr 05, 2023 00:58 (IST)
Donald Trump leaves court after arraignment.
Donald Trump was seen Tuesday leaving a New York court where he pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts stemming from hush-money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election.
Trump was seen exiting the building and making his way to a waiting motorcade, just over two hours after arriving at the Manhattan court complex for the historic hearing.
Apr 05, 2023 00:48 (IST)
Trump is expected to speak at length later including at a campaign-style event after the native New Yorker flies back to his estate in Florida.
Apr 05, 2023 00:27 (IST)
Trump Pleads Not Guilty To Criminal Charges In Hush Money Case
Donald Trump, the former president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star.
Apr 05, 2023 00:20 (IST)
Trump enters historic court hearing on criminal charges
Donald Trump entered a historic court hearing in New York Tuesday after becoming the first American president to be arrested on criminal charges, in extraordinary scenes playing out amid tight security and a global media frenzy.
With a stern glare, Trump was seen making his way into the courtroom in Manhattan without saying a word to waiting press, although he was expected to speak at length later including at a campaign-style event at his Florida estate.
In a spectacle relayed on live television -- with rival protesters rallying outside -- the hearing marks a watershed moment for the US criminal and political system, with the potential to upend the 2024 White House race in which Trump is currently the leading Republican nominee.
Apr 05, 2023 00:04 (IST)
Just In: Trump appears before judge
Apr 04, 2023 23:22 (IST)
Donal Trump Arraignment: Trump says he is innocent and is due to plead not guilty.
Trump has said he is innocent and is due to plead not guilty.
"Today (Tuesday) is the day that a ruling political party ARRESTS its leading opponent for having committed NO CRIME," Trump, who flew to New York from his Florida home on Monday, said in a fundraising email sent out on Tuesday morning.
On social media, Trump ahead of the arraignment renewed his attacks on Justice Juan Merchan, the judge in the case who last year also presided over a trial in which Trump's real estate company was convicted of tax fraud.
