Former United States President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to a slate of the 34 felony charges, unsealed yesterday at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.
The charges are the result of a grand-jury investigation into a hush-money payment the ex-president is accused of making to adult film star Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election.
Trump stands accused of falsifying business records in relation to that payment and several others, including to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Both she and Daniels allege they had an affair with the ex-president.
They explained that the payments were part of a “catch and kill” scheme to suppress negative information during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Wearing his signature dark suit and red tie, Trump arrived at the court in an eight-car motorcade escorted by Secret Service agents, waving to the crowds gathered outside the building.
After his historic court appearance in New York, Trump flew straight back to Florida where he gave a defiant address to his supporters.
