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Donald Trump has been charged. The swamp is finally being drained (The Guardian)

Trump's arraignment marks the day when he began to be held criminally accountable. And that must be a good thing for the rule of law.

It’s “easy to mistake the mob for the people”, the philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote, warning that “the mob always will shout for the ‘strong man,’ the ‘great leader,’ for the mob hates society from which it is excluded”. [said](https://mobile.twitter.com/therecount/status/1643270948714426370): “Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. Will this prosecution turn the tide in Trump’s favor and bring him the support he needs to regain not just the Republican nomination but the American presidency? [suggested](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-waco-rally-crowd-size-smaller-1790873) a crowd of up to 60,000. Rather, what’s evident is that Trump is unable to find a significant number of people who are willing to put their bodies on the line in his name, as he repeatedly has boasted. Jesus was arrested and murdered.” Greene, who is reported to be angling for the vice-president position on a Trump ticket, stated that she “will always support” Trump. Keeping Trump’s penchant for embellishment in mind, we would be wise to wait for proof from official campaign filings before accepting the accuracy of that number. And since “draining the swamp” is understood as rooting out political corruption, then, according to the criminal charges in the indictment, Trump is the alleged swamp monster whose habitat is being drained. [indictment](https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf), we now see the outline of how Trump’s alleged hush money payments to two different women have been viewed by prosecutors and how they rise to the level of felony charges. “Participants in the scheme took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the reimbursements,” Bragg By surrendering himself to authorities in New York City, Trump is finally draining the swamp. Of course, Trump isn’t the one opening the drain.

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Five key takeaways from Donald Trump's Manhattan arraignment (Aljazeera.com)

Ex-US president's arraignment in New York was a relatively muted affair, as Trump faced 34 felony charges.

[Republicans and Democrats react to Trump’s New York arraignment](/news/2023/4/4/republicans-and-democrats-react-to-trumps-new-york-arraignment?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Donald Trump pleads not guilty. We are a nation in decline. Today American politics crosses a line that it’s never going to come back from,” said But Republicans expressed outrage at what they considered a weaponisation of the legal system for political purposes. The court appearance took less than an hour. “Protest, take our nation back!”

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5 things to know about Donald Trump's felony charges (NPR)

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover damaging information.

Revisit [how the news unfolded.](https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-arraignment-arrest-new-york) That's right in the heart of primary season, which could complicate the former president's reelection bid. The prosecution is pushing for opening arguments to begin sometime in January 2024, but Trump's defense asked for a few more months, maybe sometime in spring 2024. (On the advice of AMI's general counsel, that reimbursement never took place.) The first is New York state election law, "which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means," Bragg said. The court ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith can question top Trump aides on his actions in Jan. "I never thought anything like this would happen in America," Trump said to kick off his speech. "In truth, there was no retainer agreement," reads a statement of fact that accompanied the charges. That's a Class E felony — the lowest level of felony in the state of New York. Trump, Cohen and AMI's CEO David Pecker "had a series of discussions about who should pay off [MacDougal] to secure her silence," prosecutors say. All three took place after Trump announced his candidacy for president in June of 2015. Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts.

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Can Alvin Bragg make his unprecedented case against Donald ... (Financial Times)

Manhattan district attorney faces scepticism as he moves forward with 'hush-money' prosecution.

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Wednesday briefing: the Trump prosecutors have audio - and what ... (The Guardian)

In today's newsletter: Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan court yesterday, as he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.

[Sign up here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/12/the-upside-sign-up-for-our-weekly-email) for a weekly roundup of The Upside, sent to you every Sunday Leeds earned a vital [2-1 win over Nottingham Forest](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/04/leeds-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report), while [Brighton secured a 2-0 away victory](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/04/bournemouth-brighton-premier-league-match-report) against Bournemouth. Meanwhile, a late [2-1 win for Aston Villa](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/04/leicester-aston-villa-premier-league-match-report) leaves Leicester in the relegation zone. [A 0-0 draw with Liverpool](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/04/chelsea-liverpool-premier-league-match-report) will keep Chelsea in the bottom half of the Premier League table. [Ammar Kalia](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/05/john-travolta-was-sizzling-hot-an-oral-history-of-grease)has compiled an oral history of the critical flop turned cult classic, Grease. But there was none of the violence which Trump [claimed to fear](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-warns-of-death-and-destruction-if-he-is-indicted-on-stormy-daniels-charges-12841727) was inevitable. [the New York Times reported](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/04/nyregion/trump-arrest-arraignment?smid=url-share#trump-pleaded-not-guilty-then-sat-quietly-as-lawyers-sparred). Hannah [Nesrine Malik’s interview](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/04/extraordinarily-stressed-and-vigilant-how-racism-makes-people-physically-ill)with Prof Arline Geronimus provided a fascinating insight into how racism, misogyny, homophobia and other axes of oppression can abjectly affect people’s physical health and can lead to “premature ageing, chronic conditions and early death”. [Hugo Lowell reported](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/04/donald-trump-charges-34-felony-counts), merely saying “not guilty” to the charges and “I know” when told he could be removed if he was disruptive. (He has [called Bragg an “animal”](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-calls-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-an-animal-working-for-lunatics), and [posted a picture of himself holding a baseball bat](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-baseball-bat-alvin-bragg-b2307193.html) next to a picture of the prosecutor.) [to a doorman](https://www.vox.com/2018/4/12/17230498/donald-trump-national-enquirer-child-30000-doorman-joe-mika-payoff-hush-money-scandal-housekeeper) who claimed (without foundation) that Trump had a child out of wedlock, and to Karen McDougal, a Playboy model who [also alleged an affair](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal). [Trump furiously claimed that](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/05/trump-vents-grievances-against-criminal-charges-from-the-safety-of-mar-a-lago) “the only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it”.

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Trump charged: How the world reacted to his arrest (BBC News)

The first former US president to face criminal charges: Donald Trump now holds this dubious and historic record after a court in New York indicted him on 34 ...

"This is when the system, which is declared as absolutely free, ends up devouring or denying itself," she said. "Miracles still do happen," he wrote about the former president's arrest. - reflecting Mr Trump's track record of false or misleading claims - while in another German publication, Der Spiegel, columnist Roland Nelles wrote a piece titled " [Trump Turns Dock into Election Box After Criminal Indictment](https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2023/04/trump-transforma-banco-dos-reus-em-palanque-eleitoral-apos-indiciamento-criminal.ghtml)". Mr Trump has declared he is running in the 2024 presidential election. [the front pages of most UK newspapers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-65183858) on Wednesday, under pun-heavy headlines such as "Donald (in the) Dock" and "Trump in the eye of the Stormy".

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Protests as Trump pleads not guilty to criminal charges (The Punch)

The immediate past President of the United States, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges stemming from hush money allegedly ...

Meanwhile, the White House on Tuesday said Trump’s arraignment was not a focus for President Joe Biden The 76-year-old Republican became the first American president to be arrested on criminal charges when he entered the historic court hearing in New York. The immediate past President of the United States, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges stemming from hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, AFP reports.

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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records (TheCable)

Former United States President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges during his court hearing.

Bragg said Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. News outlets were barred from broadcasting the arraignment. Trump pleads not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records

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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges, released (Daily Post Nigeria)

Former US president, Donald Trump has been released after an arrest by the Police hours before his arraignment. DAILY POST had earlier reported Trump's.

The former Republican President, Trump, has repeatedly described the indictment as a witch-hunt to stop his 2024 Presidential election bid. However, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree after hearing charges against him stemming from a hush money payment to an adult film actress in 2016. Former US president, Donald Trump has been released after an arrest by the Police hours before his arraignment.

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Test for Nigeria's Themis as Trump faces trial (Guardian)

As former President of America, Donald Trump, yesterday, pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges against him in a Manhattan criminal court, the nation's ...

But I think we should wait for the process to unfold in the court so we can see the actual charges against him.” Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg’s indictment marks the first criminal charges against Trump, but it’s not the only potential legal trouble in front of the former president. “If that person is a former President, the law should take its course as well, irrespective of the person’s status. “It shows that in America, everyone is equal under the law, from the highest to the lowliest. “It has taken America over 250 years of democratic rule to get to the point of arraigning a former President for an alleged crime. This way, nobody can get away with any violation of the law, no matter how highly placed.

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Donald Trump's arraignment: How the world reacted (Aljazeera.com)

Photos of former US President Donald Trump as he appeared in court covered the front pages of most international papers.

The front pages of most UK newspapers were covered with photos of Trump as he appeared in court. Some world leaders also commented on social media. [This is karma and it won’t help Trump win 2024](/opinions/2023/4/5/this-is-karma-and-it-wont-help-trump-win-2024?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Five key takeaways from Donald Trump’s Manhattan arraignment](/news/2023/4/5/five-key-takeaways-from-trumps-manhattan-arraignment?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Donald Trump pleads not guilty. Some used catchy headlines, such as “Trump in the eye of the Stormy” in the Mirror and “Trump in the dock” in The Times. Wednesday's Mirror: Trump In The Eye Of The Stormy German newspapers went in hard on Trump with the Tagesspiegel using the headline “Nothing but the truth?” in a piece about Trump’s track record of misleading claims.

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Donald Trump lashes out, resorting to old tactics after arraignment ... (NPR)

Donald Trump ripped from a well-worn page in his playbook Tuesday night — lashing out with a speech that was at times full of lies and conspiracies.

And, according to his campaign, Trump has raised more than $7 million in the days since the indictment. But therein lies the problem for Trump — the more his grievance politics have become about him, the more views of him from independents (and certainly Democrats) have hardened. And right now Trump is the clear front-runner for the GOP nomination once again. Mitt Romney of Utah, are criticizing the New York case. "Please refrain from making comments or engaging in conduct that has the potential to incite violence, create civil unrest, or jeopardize the safety or well-being of any individuals." He equated the New York charges to nothing more than "election interference." The next court date in this case isn't until December. He called two other prosecutors, who are or have investigated him and who are Black, "racist." In court Tuesday, instead of a rejoinder from Trump, it was his recently hired lawyer, Todd Blanche, who did the talking. A grim-faced Trump quietly walked into the New York courthouse. "The only crime I've committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it." It was an odd day to say the least.

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Trump Slams Criminal Charges As 'Insult To Our Country' (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

The twice-impeached Republican is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted. By Donatus Anichukwueze. Updated April 5, 2023 ...

It’s an insult to our country.” Bragg alleges that Trump and his allies “also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments.” A “statement of facts” released alongside the indictment included details of hush money payments to Daniels, Playboy model Karen McDougal and a former Trump Tower doorman claiming to have a story about a child Trump had out of wedlock. The bizarrely celebratory mood in the room seemed at odds with the gravity of the day’s events in Manhattan, with Trump reprising the applause lines that his supporters hear regularly at his rallies — and being rewarded with the same boisterous cheers and clapping. Trump — the frontrunner in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination — said from a stage festooned with American flags in an opulent gold-and-cream ballroom that “radical left” prosecutors were out to get him “at any cost.” Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as “an insult to our country.”

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Donald Trump becomes first American president to be arrested (Daily Post Nigeria)

Former US President, Donald Trump has been arrested on Tuesday and in police custody ahead of his upcoming arraignment. Trump faces charges over hush.

On Monday, a judge had ruled to bar news outlets from broadcasting the arraignment. Trump is expected to face more than 30-count charges related to business fraud as part of a probe into the $130,000 payout to Stormy Daniels, the adult actress, in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair. However, details of the charges are expected to be revealed in the coming hours.

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