“The bedrock of the basis for business integrity and a well-functioning business marketplace is accurate record-keeping,” DA Alvin Bragg said.
of Donald Trump Tuesday as part of his “solemn responsibility” to uphold accountability in the “business capital of the world.”
The indictment brought by Bragg — the first ever against a president or former president — is built on an alleged “catch and kill” scheme Trump is accused of orchestrating through shady payments and bogus business entries filed by the Trump Organization. Donald Trump appears in court for an arraignment on charges stemming from his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury.Trump, the then-presidential candidate, disguised payments to his personal attorney Michael Cohen as “legal services” — when Cohen was really sending hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal to kill unfavorable stories they were about to leak to the National Enquirer, according to the newly unsealed indictment.
“So instead, Mr. Trump said he was paying Mr. Cohen for fictitious legal services … to cover up actual crime committed the prior year.” When pressed by reporters, Bragg elaborated that the charges were based on “34 false statements and business records that were concealing criminal conduct” and violations of New York State law that “makes it a crime to promote a [political] candidacy through unlawful means.”
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