NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 04: Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York City. Trump was arraigned during his first court appearance today following an indictment by a grand jury that heard evidence about money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. With the indictment, Trump becomes the first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 04: Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York City. Trump was arraigned during his first court appearance today following an indictment by a grand jury that heard evidence about money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. With the indictment, Trump becomes the first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)
The official indictment — People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump, Indictment No. 71543-23 — has been unsealed.
The unsealed indictment includes 34 counts of falsifying business records with “intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof.” That’s a Class E felony — the lowest level of felony — in the state of New York.
Those records include:
Eleven invoices from Michael Cohen, once per month from February through December of 2017
Three entries in the general ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust
Two checks and accompanying stub from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, with dates that correspond to the first two Cohen invoices
Nine checks and accompanying stubs from Trump’s personal account, with dates that correspond to latter Cohen invoices
Nine entries in the general ledger for Donald J. Trump’s personal account
Each check was processed by the Trump Organization and disguised as a monthly payment for legal services under a retainer agreement, prosecutors say. “In truth, there was no retainer agreement,” the statement of fact reads. Read the indictment and the statement of facts.
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