The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, made history on Tuesday, April 4, after he became the first president to face criminal charges.
These are the 5 points you should know, so far, about what is happening with the “Trump case.”
1.- Former US President, businessman and politician Donald John Trump became the first president to be charged with criminal charges on Tuesday, April 4.
Trump, 76, voluntarily appeared before the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, where, under police custody, a judge informed him of the 34 charges against him, to which the businessman and politician pleaded "not guilty."
2.- Donald Trump is accused of "falsifying business records in the first degree," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has investigated the $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her having an extramarital affair with the man who, at the time, was running for president of the United States.
And while the payment itself is not illegal, Trump allegedly recorded it as a business expense, and in New York falsifying that information is. And that is exactly what prosecutors decided to charge him with.
3.- To the above, it is added that the payment was made before the 2016 elections, therefore it violates the electoral law; and because hiding the payments from Daniels was motivated by not wanting voters to know that he had an affair outside of marriage, let alone with a porn actress.
3.- The indictment was only unsealed last Tuesday, providing the public and Trump's legal team with the first details about the specific charges. The former president pleaded not guilty to all charges and was present at this first appearance for about an hour.
4.- The potential trial of the people of New York against Donald J. Trump could take place up to a year or more from now, which opens the possibility that the former president will face a jury in a Manhattan court in the midst of his campaign to return to the White House, or even after the November 2024 elections.
5.- Former porn actress Stormy Daniels has said she is willing to testify if called to do so, and is therefore willing to cooperate with the justice system. However, she considered that the crimes charged against her by Trump are not "worthy of imprisonment."
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