April 4, 2023 3:28 PM EDT Update
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Former President Donald Trump walked in silence and declined reporters’ questions as he entered a courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, arriving 15 minutes after the arraignment was scheduled to begin, to file a criminal complaint petition. .
Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan courthouse. … [+]
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Trump has reportedly pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsification of business records before Judge Juan Merchan.
It is not known why Trump’s arrival at arraignment was delayed. He had been arrested over an hour in Manhattan Criminal Court before his hearing.
Trump was expected to make a brief statement to reporters in the hallway outside the courtroom, but he looked gloomy and made no comment before the arraignment. After spending time and leaving the hearing, I didn’t say anything.
On his way to court from Trump Tower, Trump called the arrest “surreal” in a post on Truth Social and said, “I can’t believe this is happening in America.”
The former president allegedly paid porn star Stormy Daniels a hush-money on the final day of the 2016 campaign to keep her from publicizing her allegations of an affair with Trump years earlier. faces charges related to
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Trump is awaiting arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
Trump and his legal team sit in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday before his arraignment.
Mr. Trump heard his lawyers in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday before arraigning.
Trump looks to camera as his defense team prepares for his arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom … [+]
Trump faces a bench as he awaits arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
Trump looks down in a Manhattan courtroom before the start of his arraignment on Tuesday.
Trump and his legal team are preparing for arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
