Trump in Trouble: Explaining the 34 Criminal Counts Against the Former President

Trump in Trouble: Explaining the 34 Criminal Counts Against the Former President

Charges involve 'falsifying business records in the first degree'

The 34 charges against Donald Trump

Thirty-four counts of falsifying accounting records, elevated to the level of felony. These are the accusations that prosecutor Alvin Bragg has filed and that Judge Juan Merchan has read to the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, in a nondescript courtroom in the Manhattan courts on Center Street in New York. The tycoon has pleaded not guilty. And immediately the debate has begun about whether the case against the first accused …

Breaking down the charges against Donald Trump

Donald Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, relating to three separate incidents of hush money payments during his 2016 campaign.

Understanding the criminal charges against Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump arrives at court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York.Mary Altaffer, Associated Press Former President Donald J. Trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges brought against him by a Manhattan Supreme Court grand jury. Trump became the first former president to face criminal charges as he surrendered to New York City law enforcement Tuesday to be arraigned before state Justice Juan M. Merchan.Prosecutors from t…

What to Make of the Case Against Trump

You can be forgiven for thinking the criminal prosecution over Stormy Daniels hush money is complicated.

‘Sad day in America’ Governor Reynolds says of criminal charges against Donald Trump

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds called Tuesday "a sad day in America" after 34 criminal charges became public against former president Donald Trump. Reynolds repeated criticism she first used last week before the charges were known, calling the investigation "politically motivated." Trump pleaded not guilty to the 34 charges in the investigation into alleged payments that he made before the 2016 election to cover up affairs …