Donald Trump is “frustrated” and “shaken” after the hearing where the charges against him were contested. The claim was made by attorney Todd Blanche, who leads the former president’s defense team, speaking to reporters as he left the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Blanche accused the magistrates of having turned a “wholly political issue” into a “political judicial process”. The attorney argued that there was no violation of any state or federal law. “We’re going to fight, we’re going to fight a lot,” he added.
The former US president pleaded not guilty to the 34 charges against him in Manhattan criminal court. After hearing allegations against him following an investigation into a cash payment he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump rejected the grand jury’s allegations. In the indictment, which was declassified and is now public, the prosecution alleges that the former president was involved in an “illegal conspiracy” to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election.
Prosecutors say Trump participated in a plan to eliminate negative information against him, including paying $130,000 ordered by the tycoon to silence rumors about his relationship with porn actress Stormy Daniels, which would have harmed his campaign. But also the payment of another woman and a man, not to mention a supposed child. The indictment argues that the reason Trump falsified his company’s books was in part related to “promoting his candidacy” for the presidency. The next hearing that Trump will have to appear in person in the Manhattan court is scheduled for December 4. But now the game is political, with the tycoon intent on winning the Republican primary and there is the upcoming presidential election to return to the White House. According to what was declared by Trump’s entourage to CNN, the former president would have asked to take the “mug shots”, the photos that by law should not be disclosed. According to some, Trump could use them as an election manifesto in the 2024 presidential campaign.
Source: IL Tempo
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