NY - Former President Donald Trump charged with 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records, Apr 2023

[LaborDayRN]

Trump under arrest ahead of historic arraignment​

Live updates: Trump indictment news; former president to face criminal charges in New York court

Donald Trump, the first current or former president in US history to face criminal charges, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday after being indicted last week by a Manhattan grand jury. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Trump Supporters in Manhattan Were Outnumbered by Reporters

A low-energy homecoming at Trump Tower for the former president.

nymag.com

From that article:

“This is my new favorite flag,” says Dion Cini, who is holding a flag that says “Trump or Death” outside Trump Tower on Monday morning. “It doesn’t necessarily mean my death; it could mean your death.”

 

[sds71]

Maggie Haberman

@maggieNYT


Trump was fingerprinted a person familiar with events said but not mugshotted. But people fundraising in his name aren’t wasting the opportunity and made their own mugshot, as this email that just landed shows

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643315302321537026

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

I would have thought that a savvy attorney such as Cohen, who took the time to record a conversation concerning the National Enquirer and Trump, which he likened to the Daniels case, and happened prior, would cause him to tape record his conversations regarding Daniels.

What makes you think he ever spoke with her about this? Or that he recorded every conversation? He only has 1 or 2 of Trump.

Anyway, he reportedly did turn over recorded conversations with Daniels's attorney.

Michael Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Stormy Daniels hush-money probe

The payment to Daniels, which Cohen says was intended to buy her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, has been the subject of law-enforcement scrutiny for years, but a new grand jury is giving it a fresh look by a new grand jury.

www.pbs.org

Cohen said Wednesday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office asked for the phones because it wants to extract voice recordings of conversations he had with a lawyer for Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, as well as emails and text messages.

“That way it could be used as evidence if in fact they proceed forward, which, I would suspect they are,” Cohen said in an appearance on CNN.

 

[JerseyGirl]

I’m following live here:

LIVE CAM: Scenes Outside Trump Tower, Court Trump Attends Arraignment | NBC New York

All eyes are on Trump Tower in midtown Tuesday, ahead of a motorcade expected to take former President Donald Trump to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, whe...

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[UnapologeticallyAspie]

If looks could kill

 

[JerseyGirl]

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT


Trump was fingerprinted a person familiar with events said but not mugshotted. But people fundraising in his name aren’t wasting the opportunity and made their own mugshot, as this email that just landed shows

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643315302321537026

If this is true, I kinda figured he would when we were mentioning the mug shot. I thought he would turn it into a fundraiser. Sure enough.

Whether it’s the real mugshot or not, they will run with it.

 

[sds71]

If looks could kill

photos:
@caphilltrish
@kaitlancollins

Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews

Trump pleads not guilty - 34 counts of falsifying business records in first degree

Per @nbc, indictment unsealed and there is a conspiracy count.

 

[Leilei]

If looks could kill

Reminds me of Murdaugh's eyes. IMO.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trump indictment charges him with 34 crimes over hush money payments to two women

Former President Donald Trump was due to appear in a New York courtroom for a criminal case related to a hush money payment ot 🤬🤬🤬🤬 star Stormy Daniels.

www.cnbc.com

The indictment against former President Donald Trump charges him with 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy in connection with hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election.

The indictment says those payments were done to suppress claims by those women of having sex with Trump, in order to avoid those accounts harming his chances of winning the election over Hillary Clinton.

The charging document was unsealed at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday.

 

[Stunned]

photos:
@caphilltrish
@kaitlancollins

Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews

Trump pleads not guilty - 34 counts of falsifying business records in first degree

Per @nbc, indictment unsealed and there is a conspiracy count.

Kinda looks like he did after his private talk with his buddy Putin!
ETA Buddy

 

[Cool Cats]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643304262489759763

photos:
@caphilltrish
@kaitlancollins

Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews

Trump pleads not guilty - 34 counts of falsifying business records in first degree

Per @nbc, indictment unsealed and there is a conspiracy count.

Doesn't look like himself. Bravado gone.

This is alot of charges, seems tailor made to force a plea. Prosecutors always overcharge to force pleas.

Plead guilty to a few then get rest dropped. Problem is, Trump "can't" plead guilty and keep credibility with his base and party.

Contrary to popular belief, the party and base use Trump for their own political agenda. Trump has to toe their line.

2 Cents

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

No bombshell? Lordy. moo

 

[sds71]

The Trump Indictment:

https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf

statement of facts:

https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf

@Phil_Lewis_

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge warns Trump to refrain from social media posts that could foment unrest, after messages critical of prosecutor.

 

[bestill]

No bombshell? Lordy. moo

Nope, just like all the others. JMO

 

[dienermom]

No bombshell? Lordy. moo

All 34 counts are felony counts is the bombshell.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

No gag order either.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

If looks could kill

Live Updates: Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felony Counts

One of the few times Trump has looked as angry as he just did was when he was at the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton two days after the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape became public in October 2016. -Maggie Haberman

 

[vls12345]

@Phil_Lewis_

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge warns Trump to refrain from social media posts that could foment unrest, after messages critical of prosecutor.

He's got others who will do it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643329800545746947

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643330193933705216

ETA:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643335207846641664

 

[Simply Southern]

My views in politics have always been that there are good, decent people in most political parties.

I don't consider myself rusted on to any particular party.

Here in Australia, voting is compulsory. I think of voting as not a duty, but a privilege to have some sort of say in who we want to represent us.
A government that we can be proud of, or also be disappointed in when we feel they've done an unfair thing.


Politicians I have admired have come from various parties, some I haven't voted for but can still admire ones that I feel are decent people.
I vote for the party which I believe will be the best for the people. One which demonstrates that they care about even the poorest and most disadvantaged.


I just don't see why politics should seem like it's a war and you have to choose your side.
I just don't get the hatred.

Can't we all just get along ?

Some can not agree to disagree, respectfully. MOO....