Last Updated: April 05, 2023, 04:51 IST
New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks after former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, in New York City. (Image: Reuters)
On Tuesday, Bragg introduced the indictment of Trump for falsifying New York enterprise information to hide damaging info
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg vowed Tuesday he wouldn’t permit Donald Trump to get away with lawbreaking after charging the previous president with a string of felonies over alleged hush cash funds.
“These are felony crimes in New York State. No matter who you are we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct,” he said following Trump’s arraignment.
“We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law,” Bragg added.
On Tuesday, Bragg announced the indictment of Trump for falsifying New York business records to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election.
During the election, Trump and others employed a “catch and kill” scheme to determine, buy, and bury adverse details about him and enhance his electoral prospects.
As per the indictment, Trump then went to nice lengths to cover this conduct, inflicting dozens of false entries in enterprise information to hide felony exercise, together with makes an attempt to violate state and federal election legal guidelines.
Despite all costs, Donald Trump pleaded not responsible to 34 felony counts in a dramatic listening to inside a packed New York courtroom Tuesday.
The former US President denied all the costs, which associated to funds to maintain individuals quiet together with over an alleged affair with an grownup movie actress.
He was launched from custody with none restrictions.
(With company inputs)
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