"Former President Donald Trump
faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to a grand jury indictment released Tuesday."
"The crime of falsifying business records is included in New York’s penal code.
Falsifying records in the second degree is a misdemeanor, but it becomes a
felony if the person falsified business records
with an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission of a crime."
Donald Trump has achieved many firsts. The first president to be impeached twice. The first president to inspire a riot at the Capitol seeking to stop the peaceful transfer of power. And on April 4 he added a new one: the first former president to face criminal charges. Trump pleaded not guilty...
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