'Not guilty,' the 76-year-old former president said in a clear voice inside the courtroom, where he sat with his shoulders up to his ears, at times looking annoyed but mostly listening cooperatively.
After a stern glare to waiting press, Mr Trump spent about an hour inside a Manhattan courtroom where he voluntarily surrendered to face charges over hush money payments that have already upended the 2024 White House race in which he leads the Republican field.
"Virtually every legal pundit has said that there is no case here," he wrote."There was nothing done illegally". The twice-impeached Republican is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted. Hundreds of people gathered outside the venue, with pro-Trump protesters — sporting"MAGA" hats and attire emblazoned with the American flag — yelling slurs at their opponents.
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