Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports.
should be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as Trump learns for the first time the charges against him. Trump will plead not guilty, according to his lawyers, and is expected to enter the plea himself, as is standard in the court.Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom for his arraignment in New York on April 4, 2023.by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.
“He is strong and ready to go,” Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina told The Associated Press. Earlier, Tacopina said in a TV interview that the former president wouldn’t plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. He also said he didn’t think the case would make it to a jury. New York police said they were ready for large protests by Trump supporters, who share the Republican former president’s belief that the New York grand jury indictment and three additional pending investigations are politically motivated and intended to weakenTrump, a former reality TV star, has been hyping that narrative to his political advantage, saying he raised more than $8 million in the days since the indictment on claims of a “witch hunt.
Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York on Monday ahead of his scheduled arraignment for criminal charges. Inside the Manhattan courtroom, prosecutors led by New York’s district attorney, Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, are expected to unseal the indictment issued last week by a grand jury. This is when Trump and his defense lawyers will get their first glimpse of the precise allegations against him.
After the arraignment, Trump is expected to be released by authorities because the charges against him don’t require that bail be set.
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