Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts stemming from 2016 hush money payments in a New York courtroom. Special coverage on Channel7 and 7plus. ashleemullany telester 7NEWS
Donald Trump, the former president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star.
Trump, who has called the charges politically motivated, held his fist in the air in a gesture to reporters as he departed Trump Tower.WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Donald Trump arrives at court in New York The first sitting or former US president to face criminal charges, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury last week in a case stemming from a 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, though the specific charges had yet to be disclosed.
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