Everything You Need to Know as Trump Trial Heads to Verdict

Published on May 26, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial is nearing an end, with closing arguments set to begin May 28. Here’s what you need to know to catch up with the case. What Are the Charges? Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged President Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a class E felony. [epoch_component type=”related_posts” position=”column-right” section_title=”” width=”” items=””][/epoch_component] The former president was charged under the statute New York Business Law 175.10, which states that “A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.”...

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