Former President Donald Trump is currently facing 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to reimbursements made to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. These reimbursements were for hush money payments made to an adult film star who alleged an affair with Trump prior to the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to these charges and has denied the alleged affair with Stormy Daniels.
Prosecutors have accused Trump of attempting to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election through a hush money scheme involving payments to women who claimed to have had extramarital affairs with him. Despite these allegations, Trump has maintained his denial of any such affairs.
The prosecution claims that Trump was involved in an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, which included an illegal payment of $130,000 to prevent damaging information from surfacing during his campaign. According to the charging documents, Trump allegedly falsified New York business records multiple times in an effort to conceal criminal conduct and hide detrimental information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.
