Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged Tuesday that former President Donald Trump conducted a "catch and kill" scheme to suppress negative information about himself during the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg's comments, delivered during a press conference Tuesday following Trump's historic arraignment, shed additional light on the charges levied against the former commander-in-chief. The indictment in the case, unsealed during the arraignment, includes 34 felony counts for falsification of business records.
Bragg alleged that Trump falsified business documents between 2015 and 2017 to hide payments to individuals, including adult film actress Stormy Daniels, with negative information about Trump, thereby "catching" the information and "killing" it with hush money payments.
"That is exactly what this case is about — 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes," Bragg told reporters Tuesday. "These are felony crimes in New York State no matter who you are. We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct."
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"The defendant repeatedly made false statements on New York business records," Bragg continued. "He also caused others to make false statements to defend a claim that he was paying Michael Cohen for legal services performed in 2017."
Bragg added that, for nine straight months, Trump held documents with the "key lie" that he paid his former attorney...
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