Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Full list of Donald Trump's charges as former US president pleads not guilty to 34 felonies
dailyrecord.co.ukThe full list of charges against former US president Donald Trump have been released amid the investigation into alleged hush money payments made to a porn star.
Trump, who has become the first former president to face criminal charges, was arraigned today and arrested on arrival in New York City.He pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as he appeared before Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
The full indictment can be read here.Trump was escorted by secret service agents from Trump Towers, also in Manhattan, to the court on Tuesday.
He was seen waving as he arrived at the court this afternoon.As well as having his fingerprints taken, the 45th president also had to surrender his passport.The charges he faces relate to alleged hush money payments dating from 2016, during the presidential campaign, to cover allegations he had an extramarital affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.The investigation is scrutinising six-figure payments made to Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.Trump has denied claims from Stormy that the pair had an affair in 2006 as both women say they had sexual encounters with Trump, who was married at the time, years before he got into politics.The former president has denied any wrongdoing involving the payments and denies having sexual liaisons with either woman.Ahead of his arrest, Trump said on his social media site Truth Social: "Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse.
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