Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges against him on Tuesday, April 4, during a historic criminal hearing in a New York court.
After the hearing, the 76-year-old former president withdrew from Manhattan Criminal Court without any conditions and procedures for judicial review. The Republican, who is seeking a new mandate, is targeted with 34 counts, mainly for embezzlement related to money paid in 2016 to a porn star. His lawyer, A “sad” charge and promise to fight it.
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According to the judge, Trump’s trial could begin in New York in January 2024.
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Trump lies all the time.
He showed himself with a closed face, a stern look, in the courtroom. Previously, the septuagenarian called his fate, which divides and shakes America, with “Surrealism”.
Surrounded by his own bodyguards, the former White House tenant who aims to move back there in 2024 has arrived at a Manhattan courthouse in a very closely guarded convoy flown by US media helicopters.
In front of the courtroom, a handful of sometimes colorful pro- and anti-Trump activists were separated from the first outburst — authorities fear that this tense situation, already at the center of extraordinary media coverage, is not deteriorating. His critics unfurled a huge banner Trump lies all the time..
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The billionaire declares his innocence and claims to be a victim “witch hunt” The Democrats organized it from President Joe Biden, who would “stolen” His victory in the 2020 presidential election. The Democrat made it clear that this appearance was not “not a priority” For him, according to White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre.
A New Yorker by birth, Donald Trump spent the night in the luxurious “Trump Tower” and was forced to undergo, in court, the ritual imposed on any defendant: stating his name, age and occupation, and taking a fingerprint. On the other hand, he might have run away from the famous “mugshot” – cup shots, the source of much public humiliation of stars in the United States.
There are no handcuffs
After the hearing, which is supposed to last about thirty minutes before Judge Juan Merchant, Donald Trump should be released, possibly on parole, pending the organization of his trial at a later date.
The New York businessman, who made his fortune in real estate and television, scheduled his followers and tens of millions of voters for a press conference from his residence in Mar. — Lago, Fla., 8:15 p.m. (0015 GMT Wednesday).
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The charges relate to accounting fraud during the October 2016 legal settlement and subsequent $130,000 damages to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels.
Election violation?
Real name Stephanie Clifford, this woman, who has been working with the justice system for five years, was supposed to be hiding a supposed and very brief extramarital affair in 2006 with Donald Trump, which he denies.
The $130,000 she received from ex-attorney and handyman for ex-president Michael Cohen — who served time in prison and turned on his boss in 2018 — is not reported in 2016 presidential candidate Trump’s campaign accounts.
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Possible Violation of New York State Election Laws: This amount was recorded, probably illegally “legal fees” In the accounts of his company The Trump Organization, which had previously been awarded a civil fine of $1.6 million in December and January for fraud.
Besides this case, Donald Trump is the target of several other investigations, notably his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, his management of the presidential archives or the pressure exerted on election officials in Georgia to challenge his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
