Donald Trump, a defiant former president, criticised the criminal accusations brought against him in relation to payments made to a porn star as hush money before the 2016 presidential election, declaring that the US has now devolved into a “failing nation” where the “radical left lunatics” want to meddle in the elections through the use of law enforcement.The former US president to be criminally charged has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump ruled the country for four years under his presidency till 2021. He was arrested when arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court to surrender on Tuesday. However, the pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges for falsifying business records in person before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M Merchan.Trump legal woes likely to go beyond 2024: Indian-American AttorneyA prominent Indian-American lawyer has stated that the legal struggle of former US president Donald Trump is unlikely to finish anytime soon and may continue past the 2024 presidential elections. He further noted that a presidential pardon cannot be used in this situation. Trump, on Tuesday, was charged with a crime in New York. He became the first former US president to be charged with a crime, arrested, and arraigned. The Republican entered a not-guilty plea to 34 criminal counts of fabricating company records in person before State Supreme Court Judge Juan M Merchan. The Republican is the front-runner in his party for the 2024 fight for the White House.Notably, Donald Trump is charged in connection with USD 1,30,000 hush money payments to an adult porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair before the US presidential election in 2016.The Indian-American attorney general same that even if Trump is elected in the 2024 presidential elections, it would only delay his sentencing. He could not get a pardon because the federal president cannot pardon someone for state crimes. But only a state governor can pardon the states crimes. Although the case has been filed in New York against him, the charges against him will likely be filed in many states, even by federal prosecutors against him.Donald Trumps first public remarks after arraignmentDonald Trump while making his first public appearance after the arraignment on Tuesday, in a jibe at the Joe Biden administration said that the United States is going to hell. While addressing his supporters from his Mar-a-Lago property, Trump mentioned the Hunter Bidens laptop scandal saying, “The FBI and Department of Justice on collusion with Twitter and Facebook in order not to say anything bad about the Hunter Biden laptop from hell, which exposes the Biden family as criminals and which, according to the pollsters would have made a 17 point difference in the election result, we needed a lot less than that, 16.9, it would have been in our favour because our country is going to hell.” Lashing out at the opposition Trump claimed that the Democrats spied on his campaign. Trump further added, “This could happen in America. Never thought it could happen. The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. From the beginning, the Democrats spied on my campaign. Remember that They attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations.”US Court orders Stormy Daniels to pay USD 120,000The Federal appeals court of California has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay over USD 120,000 in legal fees to the attorneys of former US President Donald Trump. Thats on top of the over 500,000 in court-ordered payments to Trump attorneys that she has to pay. According to the sources, Daniel had filed and lost a defamation suit against former president Trump.
