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The full 34 charges against Donald Trump

A unanimous 12-person jury in New York found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts against him in his so-called hush money case.

The jury agreed, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Trump not only had a hand in falsifying records but did so in order to commit or conceal another crime – specifically, that he violated state law against conspiracy to influence an election by “unlawful means.”

Those “unlawful means” include violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act, the falsification of other business records, and violations of state and federal tax laws.

He was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, stemming from his reimbursements to Michael Cohen for his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, whose story about having sex with Trump threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump then agreed to reimburse him throughout 2017. Invoices, pay stubs and accounting notes marked that the payments were for “legal expenses” (for work that was not performed), pursuant to a “retainer” (that did not exist).

Each count relates to an invoice approved by Trump, a ledger entry that documented the invoice and corresponding check, and a check signed by Trump.

In total, there were 11 invoices, 11 checks, and 12 entries in accounting records that marked the payments.

These are the full 34 counts against the former president.

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about February 14, 2017, with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise, to wit, an invoice from Michael Cohen dated February 14, 2017, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump

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