The former president of the United States has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Trump appeared before New York Manhattan judge Juan Manuel Mercchán shortly after turning himself in to prosecutors.
Euskaraz irakurri: Donald Trumpi 34 delit leporatu dizkiote
Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 charges related to irregular payments to porn actress Storny Daniels. Trumps has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump, the first US president to face criminal charges, has appeared in court at New York District Court in Manhattan Juan Manuel Mercan shortly after he turned himself in to the public prosecutor’s office, where his rights were read to him and a report was filed.
In addition, the former president has heard the declaration of the 34 charges against him, all consisting of different types “falsification of corporate data”.
All of them are considered “violations of Article 175.10 of the Penal Code” and are defined as “attempting to defraud and commit any other crime” and to conceal it.
Eleven of them are related to bills Issued by Trump’s attorney at the time, Michael Cohenwho has pleaded guilty and is expected to be one of the main witnesses in the case.
For example, the former president of the United States already knows on Tuesday all the charges he is accused of in the Stormy Daniels case, the porn actress he would have paid to buy his silence.
The appearance of the former US president in a New York court has sparked dozens supporters and opponents of the tycoon to focus near the court, where scenes of tension have unfolded amid heavy police surveillance.
The president has called on the public to mobilize in the face of the “witch hunt” he says he feels victimized and congressmen stopped by near court on Tuesday Marjorie Taylor Green and George Santostwo of the most controversial members of the House of Representatives.
George Santos, one of the most controversial Republicans in the House of Representatives. Photo: EFE
The meeting was not without incident and protesters for and against Trump came to fight next to the court, Fox News reports. A woman wearing a cap with the former president’s motto —“Make America Great Again”— fell to the floor on a banner that read, “Trump lies all the time.”
Trump was sued last week for a possible secret payment of $ 130,000 (over € 120,000) to the actress by the former lawyer of former president Michael Cohen. Trump is the first former US president to be indicted, which could put an end to his ambitions to return to the White House in the elections scheduled for 2024.
The Republican leader arrived at his skyscraper Trump Tower in New York on Monday with great excitement.
Once his impeachment is known, Trump is expected to make a statement at his mansion in Palm Beach, South Florida (00:15 GMT, 02:00 Wednesday in Euskal Herria).
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