Trump's 34 felony charges and legal battle take center stage in Manhattan courtroom.
TL;DR
Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts by New York prosecutors for his involvement in a hush money scheme during the 2016 election. The charges relate to payments made to a porn actor and a former Playboy model who claimed to have had extramarital sexual encounters with Trump years earlier, as well as to a Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child he alleged the former president had out of wedlock. Trump has denied any wrongdoing involving payments and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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- Trump charged with 34 felony counts in hush money scheme The Associated Press
- Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records linked to 2016 hush money payments Fox News
- Opinion | The Trump Spectacle in a Manhattan Courtroom The New York Times
- Trump's indictment and arraignment creates a thorny legal knot MSNBC
- Trump's criminal court proceedings must be televised The Hill
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