Donald Trump Is Charged on 34 Felony Counts

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to face criminal charges. He pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges alleging he concealed hush-money payments in the weeks before the 2016 election. WSJ's Joe Palazzolo— one of the reporters who first broke the story about the payments— unpacks the indictment and discusses what could come next in the case. Further Reading: -A History of the Trump Hush-Money Saga -A Guide to Trump’s Legal Perils Further Listening: -People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Early this morning, outside the Manhattan Criminal Court House, a crowd gathered.
0:11.5	There were reporters, photographers, protesters.
0:19.4	For the first time, a former U.S. president was about to be arrested on criminal charges.
0:29.2	Flanked by security, Donald Trump stepped out of his SUV.
0:37.5	He headed into the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
0:49.1	Trump was indicted by a grand jury last week.
0:52.0	But in court today, the criminal charges against him finally became public.
0:57.4	34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
1:02.5	The former president's plea, not guilty.
1:09.0	Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.
1:13.8	I'm Kate Leimbaugh.
1:14.8	It's Tuesday, April 4.
1:21.9	Coming up on the show, indictment number 71543-23.
1:27.7	The people of the state of New York against Donald J. Trump.
1:34.0	What will the world look like 10 or 20 years from now?
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2:01.2	To understand the charges against Trump, we turn to someone who's lived and breathed this
2:06.0	story for a very long time.
2:09.0	My name is Joe Palozolo.
2:10.6	I work on the journal's investigations team.
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