The Manhattan district attorney also releases a statement of fact that provides context for the 34 felony charges against the former president.
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A guide to ‘who’s who’ in the historic Stormy Daniels hush-money case
Former president Donald Trump is set to be arraigned in New York City on Tuesday following a long-running probe of his role in paying adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged affair. Security has tightened around the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Trump […]
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Video: Sen. Collins, while touring Augusta theater, urges calm as Trump is charged with felonies
Susan Collins, speaking at the Colonial Theater in downtown Augusta on Tuesday, also reiterated that the former president is not her first choice for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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Trump is heading to court. Here’s what to expect
Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
The case involves payoffs through an intermediary to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.
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Legislature takes on gun control, including background checks, waiting period
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony, with supporters saying the bills would help reduce gun violence, while opponents said the bills would infringe on law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
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Proposals to roll back school vaccine requirements draw crowd to State House
While the bills to reintroduce religious and philosophic exemptions for school vaccines have little chance of passing, advocates on both sides packed a daylong hearing before the Legislature’s Education Committee.
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Jailed U.S. reporter’s lawyers appeal his arrest in Russia
Evan Gershkovich was put in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.
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Trump returns to New York to face historic criminal charges
The former president is due to be arraigned on Tuesday on multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least 1 felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury last week.
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Justice Department said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction in classified documents case
Ex-staffer Molly Michael’s emails and texts are guiding Justice Department investigators, who increasingly suspect the former president tried to keep some documents after a subpoena was issued.