Category: Trump indictment

Members of Trump’s Family React to His Arraignment

Family members of Donald Trump have shared their thoughts on the former president’s historic arraignment in New York City on April 4 in which he became the first U.S. president ever to face criminal charges. Trump, who is seeking a second term in the White House in 2024, was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of…


‘The Only Crime That I’ve Committed is to Fiercely Defend Our Nation,’ Trump Says After Arraignment

PALM BEACH, Fla.—Former President Donald Trump warned that the United States had sunk to the level of the “old Soviet Union” during a speech given from the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on April 4, hours after pleading not guilty to felony charges brought New York prosecutors. “I never thought anything like…


Trump Declares Manhattan DA Has ‘No Case’ in First Statement After Pleading Not Guilty

In his first public statement since pleading not guilty to an unprecedented 34-count indictment in a Manhattan court on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump declared that, as his legal team predicted, the New York County district attorney had “no case.” “Just lifted off for Palm Beach, Florida,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at around 5:30…


‘Love Wins’: Trump Supporters, Detractors in NY Promote Peaceful Disagreement Amid Rising Political Tensions

NEW YORK—After a day of protesting in New York over former President Donald Trump’s indictment, a common sentiment arising in the area outside the Manhattan Courthouse where Trump was arraigned was the need for more listening and less violence amid rising political tensions. “I’m glad to see people were peaceful,” Ray, a pro-Trump protester from…


NY Trump Supporters Optimistic About Indictment’s Impact on 2024 Bid: ‘A Boost for Him’

NEW YORK—A crowd of saddened but optimistic supporters of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday gathered outside a lower Manhattan courthouse, with some of them saying the Democrat-led effort to bring criminal charges against the nation’s top Republican would only boost his 2024 presidential campaign. The first U.S. president to ever be prosecuted after leaving…


Trump Indictment Makes Him a ‘Martyr’ but Doesn’t Assure Him of 2024 Win: Strategists

News Analysis Former President Donald Trump raised more than $8 million in the four days after it was announced that a grand jury had indicted him at the prompting of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the multiple charges made public April 4 in a New York City courtroom. During the same period, according to…


Mississippi Senator Endorses Trump the Night Before His Arraignment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) threw her support behind former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid on the evening of April 3, the day before Trump’s arraignment. Hyde, who became the first woman to represent Mississippi when she was sworn into Congress in 2018, was formerly a Democrat who switched parties in 2010. She called the…


Trump Lied in Reimbursement Payments to Lawyer, Manhattan DA Says

Former President Donald Trump was charged with falsifying business records because he repeatedly issued checks to a lawyer for one purpose when the payments were actually for another reason, Manhattan’s district attorney said on April 4. Trump paid Michael Cohen, his lawyer at the time, in 2017 in monthly installments. The payments were ostensibly made…


‘Unprecedented and Chilling’: GOP Lawmakers React to Trump’s Felony Charges

Republican lawmakers on April 4 reacted to the unveiling of 34 felony charges against former President Donald Trump with condemnation, with one Congresswoman calling the move “unprecedented and chilling.” At an arraignment hearing in Manhattan, 34 class E felony charges, the least serious type of felony in New York state, were announced against Trump for…


Trump Charged With Felony-Level Falsifying Business Records, Pleads Not Guilty

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 counts of felony falsifying business records to the first degree under New York Penal Law 175.10, unveiled at an arraignment hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Trump’s arraignment hearing commenced at around 2:15 p.m. ET on the 15th floor of…