Reports: Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges

April 4, 2023

WXXV Staff,

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, JENNIFER PELTZ and WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

That’s according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.

The plea came during a brief arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom as Trump faced a grand jury indictment arising from a hush money payment to a porn actor during Trump’s 2016 campaign.

The two officials who confirmed the plea spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because prosecutors have not yet released the indictment publicly.