NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.
In court documents unsealed April 4, prosecutors alleged Trump engaged in a"scheme" to boost his chances during the 2016 presidential election through a series of hush money payments made by others and repeated falsification of New York business records to cover up that alleged criminal conduct.
Prosecutors allege that this deal was made based on the understanding that Trump or the Trump Organization would reimburse AMI for the payment, according to the statement of facts.An audio recording allegedly captures a conversation between Trump and Cohen as they discuss how to obtain the rights to the woman's story from AMI and reimburse it for the payment, according to the statement of facts.
In a statement Trump released after the recording was leaked, he apologized and called his remarks"locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago."AMI's editor-in-chief contacts Pecker about a second woman -- believed to be adult film actress Stormy Daniels -- who alleged she had a sexual encounter with Trump while he was married, according to the statement of facts. Pecker tells the editor-in-chief to notify Cohen .
Cohen then transfers $131,000 from his personal home equity line of credit into the account, according to court documents.Cohen transfers $130,000 to a lawyer representing the second woman accusing Trump of having a sexual encounter with her while he was married to suppress her story, according to court documents.AMI then releases the doorman and the first accuser of their nondisclosure agreements, according to court documents.
According to prosecutors, the first check was paid from Trump's trust and signed by Weisselberg and Trump's son, as trustees. It was falsely recorded as payments for January and February 2017 legal services, according to the statement of facts. Cohen speaks with Trump on the day of the FBI searches, according to prosecutors. Trump allegedly told him to"stay strong," according to the statement of facts.Trump publicly encourages Cohen not to"flip" in a series of tweets saying,"Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that.
“My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will,” Cohen tells ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. “I put family and country first.”Cohen pleads guilty in the federal investigation admitting to his role in AMI's payoff to McDougal to influence the election, according to the indictment, and saying in his plea that he had done so at Trump's direction.
Bragg had led the investigation into the Trump Foundation in 2017 under then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for"extensive unlawful political conduct" with the charity's money and using it for personal matters. The foundation was dissolved and Trump was forced to pay $2 million as part of a settlement in 2019.Vance convenes a new grand jury for six months to hear evidence against Trump, paving the way for it to last until after he leaves office in January.
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