Trump arrested

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Donald Trump arrest 'reeks of a political witch hunt' - Sean Spicer (Newstalk)

The former US president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.

and yet is resurrecting an event that occurred in 2016, it reeks of [a] political witch hunt". "It is very early, both in terms of the primary end and the general election, so to prejudge how this goes at this stage is very early. "If you've looked in the polls in the last couple of months, not only has he grown stronger in the Republican nomination, but in head-to-head matchups with Joe Biden, he continues to best him," he said. The idea that this District Attorney is downgrading 52% of the felonies in New York City in the current day... "If you understand the rule of law in the United States, this is nothing short of crazy," he said. "There is a statute of limitation in the United States for a misdemeanour offence of two years - even as a felony it's five years.

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House Dems curb their enthusiasm on Trump arrest (Axios)

“I think we all have to be very careful. There is a high risk of Donald Trump becoming a victim,” one House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity, ...

Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) turned a lot of Democrats' heads on Friday in a statement on Trump's indictment: "Folks need to be done with Trump ... "You have to respond because everybody wants a statement." - “I don’t know what the balance is," said Rep. - "There isn't a role for Congress in this," said Rep. And I think it’s smart, too." He dominates the conversation whether anybody likes it or not. [we] have to keep our attention on the actual work of leading this country." And he plays on that.” [closely involved in Trump's first impeachment](https://www.axios.com/2019/09/25/ukraine-whistleblower-complaint-house-intelligence) as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said of the idea of moving on from Trump, "Yeah, good luck." David Cicilline (D-R.I.), a former Trump impeachment manager. "You will see Democrats stay very focused on the things that matter in people's lives. [Trump](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump) or [his GOP allies](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/01/under-fire-trump-builds-wall-in-congress) by adding oxygen to an [already explosive criminal case](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-arrest-manhattan-new-york).

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LGBTQ+ community stage demonstrations in Manhattan for Trump's ... (http://gcn.ie/)

LGBTQ+ activists took to the streets in response to former US President Donald Trump's arrest in Manhattan.

During this global COVID pandemic, we like many other organisations have been impacted greatly in the way we can do business and produce. Gay couple, Daniel and Chris, spent April 4 getting married at the New York registry office on their one-year anniversary of meeting. This is not the only ongoing Trump investigation. These charges come from the longest-running criminal investigation of former President Trump. Members from organisations such as Gays Against Guns, Rise and Resist and We Will Not Be Silent showed up around Trump Tower, the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse and at Collect Pond Park. During his arraignment, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

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Across the country, Trump's arrest draws celebration and indignation (The Washington Post)

The reaction to Trump's arrest largely — but not completely — mirrored the partisan divisions that have split the country and seemed to widen during his ...

Piloto said he believes the indictment of Trump only “helps him get his name out there” ahead of the 2024 election. Here’s the [full text of the Trump indictment](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/trump-indictment-document/?itid=lb_more-on-the-trump-indictment_9). “Obviously, this is not his most egregious crime, if it is even a crime,” he said. “There are far more important things going on in the world, and in this country, than whether this guy is rightfully or wrongfully using funds to pay for something that is in the past,” said Piloto, 38, who is a second-generation Cuban American. Marc, their father, said he was “much more” eager to see Trump face legal consequences for his attempts to pressure election officials and to inspire the Jan. They are worried about getting to work, paying their taxes, putting gas in their car, and not whether this guy paid a little bit of money to a stripper to shut up, or whatever.” “And not only to our democracy but to the whole world.” Some of her classmates try to avoid the news “to maintain their sanity,” she said. He didn’t know about the indictment, but he was mistrustful of the timing ahead of the 2024 election. “Former President Trump at New York Criminal Court being processed,” the chyron on the screen blared. “I’m most interested in seeing how the other prosecutors follow this and how the process will be.” “I don’t think the indictment’s particularly important,” said John Rickard, a 74-year-old lumber broker.

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I Stood Outside the Court Waiting for Trump to Arrive. It Showed Me ... (Slate Magazine)

I Stood Outside the Court Waiting for Trump to Arrive. It Showed Me Some Things About His Support Now. By Aymann Ismail. April 05, 2023 ...

“Well, it was a pleasure talking to you,” he said. “It’s something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life.” I asked if I could take her photo with the chaos behind her. “Good talking to you, too,” she said. “I took off to see the circus,” he said. I told her I was happy for her. “I just can’t believe they did this,” she told me. On the anti-Trump side, a group resisted when a Fox News reporter entered, yelling, “Get the hell out!” A man took an impressive hit of a joint and blew the smoke into the reporter’s face. “Go get another mask!” a Trump supporter yelled at a counterprotester. And some of the reporters outside the courthouse had seen firsthand the power he used to summon at his rallies even before he was president. I stood just two feet from her megaphone, and I could barely make out anything she was saying. Soon came a group of six Black men wearing “Blacks for Trump” T-shirts, along with another man carrying a giant flag that read “Trump or Death.” All were promptly swarmed. “Paying somebody hush money isn’t a crime!” the Trump or Death guy shouted into an obliging reporter’s microphone.

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What happens next after Trump's arraignment and arrest (NBC News)

The People of New York v. Donald Trump is only beginning at the point of Donald Trump's arraignment and arrest. Motions, discovery and maybe a trial follow.

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Trump charged: How the world reacted to his arrest (BBC News)

The first former US president to face criminal charges: Donald Trump now holds this dubious and historic record after a court in New York indicted him on 34 ...

"This is when the system, which is declared as absolutely free, ends up devouring or denying itself," she said. "Miracles still do happen," he wrote about the former president's arrest. - reflecting Mr Trump's track record of false or misleading claims - while in another German publication, Der Spiegel, columnist Roland Nelles wrote a piece titled " [Trump Turns Dock into Election Box After Criminal Indictment](https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2023/04/trump-transforma-banco-dos-reus-em-palanque-eleitoral-apos-indiciamento-criminal.ghtml)". Mr Trump has declared he is running in the 2024 presidential election. [the front pages of most UK newspapers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-65183858) on Wednesday, under pun-heavy headlines such as "Donald (in the) Dock" and "Trump in the eye of the Stormy".

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Celebrities react to Trump arrest as former US president attacks ... (The Independent)

On Tuesday evening (4 April), Trump pleaded “not guilty” to 34 counts against him, before Judge Juan Merchan at a Lower Manhattan courthouse.

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Why Donald Trump's father was arrested twice (Independent Tribune)

Former President Donald Trump is the first US president to ever be charged with a crime, but he's not the first Trump to be arrested.

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Trump arrest plunges White House race into uncharted territory (ZAWYA)

Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony charges linked to alleged attempts to silence damaging personal information during his triumphant 2016 race ...

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