Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to his charges yesterday in a historic arraignment related to payments he made to cover up his sexual encounters during his first presidential campaign in 2016.
Those payments, made over 12 months, were recorded in various internal company documents as being for a legal retainer that prosecutors say didn’t exist.
The case centres on payoffs to two women, porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, who said they had extramarital sexual encounters with Trump years earlier, as well as to a Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child he alleged the former president had out of wedlock.
