Author: Himalaya Post

Former US President Donald Trump appeared in court on Tuesday where he was formally charged in a criminal case related to hush payments from 2016. Trump waved at supporters as he arrived before entering the Manhattan District attorney’s office where he was placed under arrest. After being processed by prosecutors, he was taken to the courtroom to face Judge Juan Merchan where he pleaded not guilty to all 34 felony counts which include falsifying business records. After appearing in court, Trump flew back to Florida where he addressed the charges against him and continued to take aim at both the prosecutor in his case as well as the judge. His arraignment marks a first in US history — no other former president has ever been indicted on criminal charges. Although Trump was impeached twice as president, he had not faced criminal charges. What are the charges against Trump? The indictment released during the arraignment included three separate charges of hush money, but the prosecution elevated the charges by saying that they were carried out in order to conceal or commit further crimes. “Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. “We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct,” he...