- Friday, February 28, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday (4) was released after arraignment in a hush-money case in a court in New York in Lower Manhattan.
The 76-year-old was placed under arrest earlier in the day and taken to the district attorney’s office for completing formalities before the court proceedings too place.
Trump’s lawyers said the indictment did not mention any federal or state crimes and that they were going to fight it.
The hearing lasted nearly an hour and Trump, who is running for the 2024 presidential elections, headed to the LaGuardia airport immediately after to catch his private jet for his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
The mercurial businessman-turned-politician, who served one presidential term between 2017 and 2021, pleaded “not guilty” to 34 felony counts, including falsifying business records and violating campaign finance rules.
The charges stemmed from an indictment in connection with Trump’s alleged role in payment of hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to keep her quiet about allegations of an affair. Trump has denied the allegations.
The incident also made Trump the first former US president to be indicted in a criminal charge.
