The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was officially released from formal arrest on Tuesday evening after the charges were read to him in Manhattan District Court in New York.
At the court session, the indictment was read to Trump, which was published by the prosecutor's office, it can be viewed by here. After the charges were read, the former US president did not agree to any of the points, after which he was released from custody and left the courtroom. He did not make a statement to the media and immediately got into a car that will take him to La Guardia Airport, after which he will go to his residence in Florida.
Prosecutors accuse the former US president of repeatedly entering false information in business documents in order to hide compromising information before the 2016 election.
At the end, the case with the porn actress Stormy Daniels, who was transferred 130 thousand dollars, so that she would not disclose information about her ties to Trump, is mentioned. In addition, it is alleged that companies associated with Trump paid money to hide information about her illegitimate child and about her sexual relations with another woman.
According to The New York Times, all charges against Trump are Class E felonies, which are the lowest category of felonies in New York and carry a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison.
At the same time, Trump's lawyer said that the former president was "disappointed and saddened" by what was happening. Trump is the first former US president to face criminal charges.
Meanwhile, American media reports that the date of the next hearing in the case of the former president is set for December 4 in New York.
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