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Donald Trump Charged With 34 Felony Counts & Facing 136 Years In Jail
Donald Trump Faces 136 Years In Prison After Being Charged With 34 Felony Counts
The indictment filed against Donald Trump was finally unsealed Tuesday, charging the ex-president with a stunning 34 felony counts tied to falsifying business records — claiming he orchestrated a scheme to “influence the 2016 presidential election” and continued to break the law after taking office.
Trump, 76, pleaded not guilty in court to the charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in Manhattan Supreme Court, marking the first time a current or former US president has been indicted and arraigned for a crime.
If convicted, Trump is likely to face far less than the 136-year maximum sentence. Falsifying business records is a misdemeanor in New York, but can be upgraded to a felony if the action is done to hide other crimes.
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A Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence and witness testimony in the DA’s “hush money” probe voted to indict Trump last Thursday, though the court document was sealed until the 2024 White House hopeful’s arraignment Tuesday.
In a statement following the arraignment Bragg said Trump “repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.
“The trail of money and lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New York’s basic and fundamental business laws. As this office has done time and time again, we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law,” he said.
The indictment outlines three main instances of Trump allegedly falsifying business records and employing “catch and kill” schemes.
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