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Trump charged with 34 felony counts linked to hush-money payments

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower to head to the New York Criminal Court on April 4, 2023. © CNN

Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 US election to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him.

Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, the first sitting or former U.S. president to face criminal charges, of trying to conceal a violation of election laws during his successful 2016 campaign.

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