Former Republican President of USA, donald trumpit was declared “not guilty” of the charges for the justice of Manhattan for bribed a porn actressin the first criminal indictment against a former US president that could have consequences for his aspirations to return to the White House.
The judge of Colombian origin, Juan Merchanaccused him of 34 charges related with falsification of business records in the payment of $130,000 to the porn star stormy daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 electoral campaign to silence an alleged extramarital relationship that occurred ten years earlier and that he always denied.
The tycoon of 76 years would have to undergo a judgmentwhich he will try to avoid by all means, with unforeseen consequences for his run for the presidency in the elections of 2024.
Sitting between his lawyers, Trump appeared with a gloomy and worried countenanceaccording to a photo taken inside the room, after undergoing the usual protocol: fingerprinting and photos for the police file. Both the former president and his lawyers insisted on the nonsense of the case. In the middle of the electoral campaign to obtain the nomination of the Republican Party for the 2024 elections, Trump does not stop shouting that he is a “Witch hunt”.
The historic judicial appearance of the former president “not a priority” for his successor Joe Bidenassured this Tuesday the spokeswoman for the White House. “Obviously he will follow some of the news when he has a moment to catch up on the news, but this is not a priority for him,” the spokeswoman said. Karine Jean-Pierre.
Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump surrendered to Justice
Trump surrendered this morning in the courts of the New York Justice and it remained under arrestin Legal custody of a judicial officer. Upon entering the building, the former president defined as “surreal” the hearing against him. While in the court of ManhattanJudge John Merchan he read the 34 charges of the case.
It should be noted that the “Daniels case” It is just one of the investigations that threaten the former president, under scrutiny by put pressure on officials to nullify the victory of Joe Biden in 2020with a recorded telephone call in which he asked the secretary of State “find” enough votes to reverse the result.
He is also being investigated for his possible role in the insurrection of the January 6, 2021 in it us capitolas well as for the handling and custody of classified documents after leaving the White House.
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How did Donald Trump get to court?
When he got out of the vehicle that took him from his residence in the trump tower in the 5th avenueTrump raised his fist with a serious face in greeting to his supporters, before disappearing into the courtroom.
On the way to court, he posted a message on his network TruthSocial: “It looks SURREAL” – WOW, I’m going to be STOPED. I can’t believe this is happening in America – MAGA!.
STAR. Stormy Daniels participated in the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live, a program that often ridicules the US president.
STAR. Stormy Daniels participated in the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live, a program that often ridicules the US president.
The former president, who is in custodyunderwent the usual procedure for a defendant, such as taking fingerprints and Photographs for the court record. However, the judge has authority to avoid it.
Both the Republican magnate and his lawyers insisted on the nonsense of the cause, whose charges, still sealed, were read by the Colombian-born judge Merchán. Most are related to falsification of business records.
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USA: what happens in the streets of New York?
Tens of journalists from all over the world had stayed awake through the cold night to secure a place in the room where they met at the same time as Trump the charges against him manhattan district attorney.
Unlike other states, where television cameras are allowed in courtrooms, Judge Merchán made no exception on this occasion. He only allowed the photographers capture this historic moment for a few minutes before the hearing begins.
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In front of the court, the New York police, in high alertinstalled metal fences to separate the dozens of followers of the tycoon, harangued by the far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greeneand a handful of detractors in a metaphor for the political division of the country.
“Trump or death” either “Make America Great Again” (its motto, MAGA, in English) prayed banners, flags, caps and t-shirts of some. “Trump lies all the time” or “Lock him up,” the opponents proclaimed.
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paulina farr came from the nearby long Islanda Republican fiefdom where the former president asked that the case be transferred to have a trial “fair”for “show support for our President Trump”.
The retired nurse told AFP that she had also been on January 6, 2021 in Washington when thousands of supporters stormed the Capitolbut this protest “it’s very different”.
In an attempt to politicize the case and motivate his supporters, who responded by sending him more of $7 million for his campaign since the indictment was announced last Thursday, the tycoon recalled online TruthSocial what you already use as a motto: “They’re not coming for me, they’re coming for you. I’m just in their way.”.
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Is “IMPOSSIBLE for me to have a Fair Trial” in NYhe added of his Democratic-ruled hometown, following the prosecutor’s decision Alvin Bragg to indict him by upholding the decision of a grand jury.
Bragg is scheduled to hold a press conference following the hearing on Trump in court. The tycoon, in turn, also announced that he will speak to the press.
Source: Ambito
