The charge against Trump is “falsification of business records.”
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday heard notice of the 34 charges against him, all of which consist of different types of “falsification of business records in the first degree.”.
The charges are considered “violations of section 175.10 of the Penal Code” and are defined as a “intent to defraud and to commit another offense.” and to conceal it.
Eleven of them relate to invoices issued by Trump’s then lawyer, Michael Cohenwho has pleaded guilty and is expected to be one of the key witnesses in the case.
The 34 charges are very similar, but relate to offenses committed over a range of eleven months in 2017, between February and December. They consist mainly of the documentary record in different media.such as account books, checks or other files related to Trump.
The violations of section 175.10 referred to in the 34 counts are considered to be felony (felony) class E, which, according to the first analyses published in some media, may cost its author several years in prison.
Three separate and irregular payments
The charging document does not cite names, but a subsequent statement from prosecutor Alvin Bragg makes it clear that there were three separate and irregular payments. The first, for $30,000, was made to a Trump Tower janitor who claimed to know about the case of an illegitimate child of the former president.
A second payment was for $150,000 to “a woman who alleges she had a sexual relationship with Trump,” and a third, $130,000 “to the attorney for a porn actress.”in reference to Stormy Daniels.
“There is nothing (in the indictment). It doesn’t allege any federal crime, or that it was committed against any state law. It does not allege what the falsified statement is. It’s really disappointing, it’s sad and we’re going to fight it.“, said Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, after the conclusion of the hearing in which the former president pleaded not guilty to all charges.
There is nothing (in the indictment). It doesn’t allege any federal crime, or that it was committed against any state law. It doesn’t allege what the falsified statement is. It’s really disappointing, it’s sad and we’re going to fight it.
Blanche has insisted to reporters outside the gates of the New York courthouse in Manhattan that. she did not expect that something like this could happen in the United States.
“No one expects this to happen to someone who was president of the United States,” said the lawyer, who stressed that he has not found “no surprise” in the indictment.
