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Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday after being on charges related to hush money payments at the height of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump, a 2024 presidential candidate, pleaded not guilty to in a Manhattan courtroom. He then flew home to Florida and spoke to a crowd of supporters at his home.

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HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS RELATED TO 2016 ELECTION

Prosecutors unsealed the indictment against the former president Tuesday, giving Trump, his lawyers and the world their first opportunity to see them. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Prosecutors said Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 presidential election by trying to suppress information that could harm his candidacy, and then concealing the true nature of the hush money payments. The payments were made to two women B次元官网网址� including a porn actor B次元官网网址� who claimed they had sexual encounters with him years earlier, and to a doorman at Trump Tower who claimed to have a story about a child Trump fathered out of wedlock, according to the Manhattan district attorneyB次元官网网址檚 office.

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DONALD J. TRUMP, DEFENDANT

Trump was only seen briefly outside the district attorneyB次元官网网址檚 office, where he surrendered to authorities and was booked and fingerprinted behind closed doors. TrumpB次元官网网址檚 mugshot was not taken, according to two law enforcement officials who could not publicly discuss details of the process and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

As the former president entered the courtroom, he briefly looked at a huddle of news cameras but did not stop to speak to reporters.

Inside the courtroom, Trump sat at the defense table with his hands in his lap and his lawyers at his side. He looked right at photojournalists who were briefly allowed into the courtroom as they snapped his photo. During the rest of the proceeding, he stayed still with his hands together and looked straight ahead. Trump only spoke briefly in court, telling the judge he was pleading B次元官网网址渘ot guiltyB次元官网网址� and had been advised of his rights. The judge warned Trump that he could be removed from the courtroom if he was disruptive. Trump made no comment when he left court just under an hour later.

TrumpB次元官网网址檚 lawyer Todd Blanche said during the hearing that Trump is B次元官网网址渁bsolutely frustrated, upset and believes that there is a great injustice happeningB次元官网网址� in the courtroom.

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A B次元官网网址楽URREALB次元官网网址� DAY IN THE CITY WHERE HE GAINED FAME

Before he appeared in court, Trump made posts on his social media network complaining that the heavily Democratic area was a B次元官网网址淰ERY UNFAIR VENUEB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淭HIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!B次元官网网址� As his motorcade carried him across Manhattan, he posted that the experience was B次元官网网址淪URREAL.B次元官网网址�

The Republican has portrayed the Manhattan case and three separate investigations from the Justice Department and prosecutors in Georgia, as politically motivated. In recent weeks, he has lashed out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, called on his supporters to protest and warned about B次元官网网址減otential death and destructionB次元官网网址� if he were charged.

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TRUMP ADDRESSES SUPPORTERS

Appearing in front of several hundred supporters at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday night, Trump repeated his claims that the investigation was politically motivated. He and attacked Bragg and the judge in the New York case, the judgeB次元官网网址檚 family and other prosecutors investigating him in other cases.

B次元官网网址淭he only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it,B次元官网网址� Trump said.

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BRAGG SPEAKS BRIEFLY

Bragg, speaking publicly for the first time since the indictment last week, held a brief news conference after the court proceedings in which he said the hush money scheme constituted B次元官网网址渇elony crimes in New York state B次元官网网址� no matter who you are.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct,B次元官网网址� Bragg said. The Democratic prosecutor said accurate and true business records are important everywhere, but especially in Manhattan, because itB次元官网网址檚 the financial center of the world.

Bragg was asked at the news conference why he was bringing the case now and if the timing was political. The district attorney said his office had B次元官网网址渁dditional evidenceB次元官网网址� that his predecessor did not.

B次元官网网址淚 bring cases when theyB次元官网网址檙e ready,B次元官网网址� he said.

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WARNINGS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES

The judge on Tuesday did not impose a gag order but warned Trump to avoid making comments that were inflammatory or could cause civil unrest. If convicted of any of the 34 felony charges, Trump could face a maximum of four years in prison, but heB次元官网网址檇 likely be sentenced to less.

That could be an issue for Trump, who has already singled out his caseB次元官网网址檚 judge and the judgeB次元官网网址檚 family and posted on his social media network on Wednesday that, B次元官网网址淭he peopleB次元官网网址� are seeing B次元官网网址渨hat is going on and they will not allow it to continue.B次元官网网址�

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina pointed to the chaotic mix of media and protesters outside the courthouse as the former president was arraigned on Tuesday and said that it B次元官网网址渨as an insane sceneB次元官网网址� but B次元官网网址渢here was no violence.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淧resident Trump heard the judge,B次元官网网址� Tacopina told NBCB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭oday ShowB次元官网网址� on Wednesday. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 not doing anything to try to incite violence.B次元官网网址�

Asked about TrumpB次元官网网址檚 comments about the judge, Tacopina responded, B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not an attack on the judge, or certainly, his family.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淣o one is suggesting that anything should happen to the judge or the family, and President TrumpB次元官网网址檚 comments did not, in any way, shape or form, incite violence against the judge or anyone else,B次元官网网址� he said.

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TRIAL WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENCY

Trump is due back in court in December, but his lawyers asked that he be excused from attending that hearing in person because of the extraordinary security required to have him show up. Prosecutors asked the judge to set a trial for January B次元官网网址� weeks before the first votes will be cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. TrumpB次元官网网址檚 lawyers asked that it be pushed to the spring. The judge did not immediately set a date.

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MIXED POLITICAL IMPACTS

Though he faces a swirl of legal challenges, Trump is running for president again and has sought to use the charges and other investigations to galvanize his supporters.

Most of the Republicans also running or eyeing campaigns have released statements supportive of Trump while slamming the investigations of him as politically motivated. Many Democratic elected officials have said little about the New York indictment, including President Joe Biden. TrumpB次元官网网址檚 legal troubles are only expected to bolster Democratic votersB次元官网网址� opposition to him, but itB次元官网网址檚 unclear whether some Republicans and independent voters will see the legal problems as too much baggage.

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A NEW YORK CIRCUS

A crowd of Trump supporters, thronged by journalists, gathered Tuesday outside the Manhattan courthouse. Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and George Santos of New York, who is facing multiple investigations over lies he told while running for office, were swarmed by cameras and reporters when they arrived and spoke mid-morning. A band of anti-Trump protesters appeared with a large banner saying, B次元官网网址淭rump Lies All the Time.B次元官网网址�

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Associated Press reporters Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long in Washington contributed to this report.

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This story has been corrected to show that no trial date has been set but prosecutors asked for the trial to start in January.

Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press

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