After being formally indicted by a grand jury, former president Donald Trump has responded to fees he was allegedly concerned in a hush-money scheme throughout his 2016 presidential marketing campaign after being hit with a 34-count indictment within the Stormy Daniels case.
Trump known as the indictment “political persecution” and accused Democrats of being “crooked.”
Trump Maintains Innocence After 34-Count Indictment Handed Down For 2016 Hush-Money Scheme
“The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable — indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference,” CNN reviews.
According to his lawyer, the 76-year-old was reportedly “shocked” by the 34-count indictment, making him the primary former U.S. president to face felony fees.
Trump shall be arraigned in Manhattan at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday for an array of enterprise fraud fees associated to 2016 hush cash funds to the previous porn star.
He has maintained his innocence of any wrongdoing and claims he’s the sufferer of a politically-motivated witch hunt led by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and present President Joe Biden.
“I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden,” the previous president mentioned. “The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump Will Not Be Handcuffed At Arraignment Next Week, His Lawyer Says
Trump was noticed final night time at Mar-a-Lago along with his spouse Melania, 52, by his aspect.
On Friday morning, lawyer Joe Tacopina mentioned that Trump won’t be put in handcuffs when he arrives in New York, and added that the Secret Service won’t enable the arraignment to turn into a “circus.”
Tacopina instructed Fox News host Sean Hannity that he talked to Trump after the indictment was issued, and went on to say they each discovered about it via the media and never from Bragg’s workplace.
“He’s ready to fight. You know, he’s the toughest guy I know. He was shocked, you know, because we really weren’t – I was shocked,” Tacopina mentioned of Trump’s response to the indictment.
BREAKING NEWS: Former President Donald Trump indicted on 34 counts of enterprise fraud. pic.twitter.com/eRUcYmsQZY
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He continued: “I’ve never been more angry about a charge because today, the rule of law in the United States of America died. It’s dead. It’s dead.”
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34 Counts Likely Stem From Number Of Checks Paid To Stormy Daniels By Way Of Trump’s Former Lawyer
As for the 34-count indictment, Tacopina mentioned that the courtroom seemingly got here up with that quantity primarily based on the variety of checks that have been paid to Daniels by means of Cohen, a former lawyer who served as an lawyer for Trump from 2006 to 2018, in accordance with the outlet.
“They’ll take each check and make that a count, perhaps, and that’s how they’ll do it because the checks are paid to Cohen,” he defined.
Tacopina added that Trump’s arraignment scheduled for Tuesday is “not finalized” both,
In the primary felony case in opposition to a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on fees involving funds made throughout his 2016 marketing campaign to quash claims of two extramarital affairs. Follow @AP‘s dwell protection. https://t.co/afO1ECsY12 pic.twitter.com/EWwIQYcJSf
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 30, 2023
“We are discussing with them, you know, obviously, there’s a group called the Secret Service that’s involved now. I mean, this is going to be something we’ve never seen the likes of,” Tacopina mentioned.
He went on to say that “we’re gonna win this case… and humiliate them.”
“This will backfire. Because we’re gonna win this case. We will humiliate them, and they will pay the price,” Tacopina added.
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