What’s in Trump’s Indictment?
The unsealed 16-page indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but it is the accompanying 13-page “Statement of Facts” released by the Manhattan district attorney that gets to the heart of the case.
In it, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg details the allegations that the falsified business records were meant to conceal hush money payments to three people alleging extramarital affairs by Trump, and makes a case that the payments were made to illegally help Trump’s presidential campaign.
Trump was arraigned on the charges in Manhattan criminal court on April 4, and he pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
The Indictment
The charging indictment itself is short on the specifics of the case.
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