The indictment against former President Donald Trump charges him with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election. The charging document was unsealed at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges. The grand jury indicted Trump on Thursday. The charging document had remained sealed since then. The grand jury began hearing testimony in the case in late January. News of those proceedings came as a surprise, since a former prosecutor in the district attorney’s office last year ... (full story)