Breaking: Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records

Read the indictment, our coverage of the arraignment and more. [Gothamist]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today](. [Read the indictment: Donald Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records]( Former President Donald Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records. State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan unsealed the world’s most talked about indictment Tuesday afternoon at the Manhattan Criminal Court on Centre Street, marking the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 📰 --------------------------------------------------------------- What You Need to Know - Here's [some background]( on Trump's indictment and the events that led up to it. - Hundreds of Trump supporters, detractors and and journalists lined up outside the courthouse [waiting for the former president to arrive]( some waiting overnight to get a spot in the packed courtroom. - Amid the spectacle of Trump's arraignment, many less famous defendants arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday. Some defendants [were surprised to learn]( they'd be in the same courthouse as Trump. - Marjorie Taylor Greene briefly led an NYC Trump rally but [most of her NY GOP colleagues opted out](. "I can't believe it took this long for an indictment to come. I can't believe that the first indictment to move forward was Stormy Daniels." - FRED BECKER, CROWN HEIGHTS RESIDENT AND ONE OF THE MANY NEW YORKERS [WHO WEIGHED IN ON TRUMP'S INDICTMENT]( [WNYC]( [WQXR]( [NJPR]( [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your [preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.