Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. Can't believe this is happening in America. "Seems so SURREAL - WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. "Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse," the voluble ex-president posted on his Truth Social platform. He arrived at court in an eight-car motorcade from Trump Tower, communicating in real time his anger at the process. Wearing his signature dark suit and red tie, Trump turned and waved to crowds outside the building before heading inside to be fingerprinted and processed.
It represents the new split-screen reality for Trump as he submits to the dour demands of the American criminal justice system while projecting an aura of defiance and victimhood at celebratory campaign events. He left court about an hour later, also without commenting.īefore the arraignment, he narrated his feelings in real time, describing the experience as "SURREAL" as he travelled from Trump Tower to lower Manhattan to face a judge.
The case is unfolding against the backdrop not only of his third campaign for the White House but also against other investigations in Washington and Atlanta that might yet produce even more charges.Ī silent and stone-faced Trump, his lips pursed in apparent anger, entered the courtroom shortly before 2:30 p.m. The arraignment, though procedural in nature, amounts to a remarkable reckoning for Trump after years of investigations into his personal, business and political dealings.
The two officials who confirmed the plea spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because prosecutors had not yet released the indictment publicly. The plea came during a history-making arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom, with Trump becoming the first former president in U.S. president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arising from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.
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