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04 April 2023

Here Is the Full Indictment Against Donald Trump & Lock Him Up Yesterday! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody & Grumpy Trumpy Felon from Jamaica in Queens! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody 4APR23&18AUG22&3APR23



THE whole process was actually very anti-climatic, no spewing of lies and ignorance after he was actually indicted and had to plead "not guilty" to all 34 charges to the judge in person. Of course there is supposed to be a neo-nazi fascist rally at mar-a lago this evening. Wonder if melania will be there????From Mother Jones.....

Here Is the Full Indictment Against Donald Trump

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New York prosecutors on Tuesday released the formal indictment against Donald Trump, detailing 34 felony counts related to Trump’s alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Pundits have been speculating for weeks about the exact nature of the allegations against the former president, but this is the first time the full details have been made available.

Trump arrived at the courthouse at about 1:30 p.m. and was promptly arrested. You can read the indictment below.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

-against￾DONALD J. TRUMP,

Defendant. 

THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, by this indictment, accuses 

the defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST 

DEGREE, in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

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 

Revocable Trust, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

SECOND COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

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 entry in

the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 

842457, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

THIRD COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

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 entry in 

the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 

842460, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

FOURTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

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, a Donald J. 

Trump Revocable Trust Account check and check stub dated February 14, 2017, bearing check 

number 000138, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

FIFTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about March 16, 2017 

through March 17, 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 16, 2017 and transmitted on or 

about March 16, 2017, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization. 

SIXTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about March 17, 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 entry in 

the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 

846907, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

SEVENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about March 17, 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, a Donald J. 

Trump Revocable Trust Account check and check stub dated March 17, 2017, bearing check 

number 000147, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

EIGHTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about April 13, 2017

through June 19, 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 April 13, 2017, marked as a record of 

Donald J. Trump, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

NINTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about June 19, 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 entry in the Detail 

General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858770, and kept and maintained 

by the Trump Organization.

TENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about June 19, 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, a Donald J. Trump 

account check and check stub dated June 19, 2017, bearing check number 002740, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

ELEVENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about May 22, 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 May 22, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization. 

TWELFTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about May 22, 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 entry in the Detail 

General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 855331, and kept and maintained 

by the Trump Organization.

THIRTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about May 23, 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, a Donald J. Trump 

account check and check stub dated May 23, 2017, bearing check number 002700, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

FOURTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about June 16, 2017

through June 19, 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 June 16, 2017, marked as a record of 

Donald J. Trump, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

FIFTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about June 19, 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 entry in the Detail 

General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858772, and kept and maintained 

by the Trump Organization.

SIXTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about June 19, 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, a Donald J. Trump 

account check and check stub dated June 19, 2017, bearing check number 002741, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

SEVENTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about July 11, 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 July 11, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization. 

EIGHTEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about July 11, 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 entry in the Detail 

General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 861096, and kept and maintained 

by the Trump Organization.

NINETEENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about July 11, 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, a Donald J. Trump 

account check and check stub dated July 11, 2017, bearing check number 002781, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTIETH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about August 1, 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 August 1, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization. 

TWENTY-FIRST COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about August 1, 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 entry in 

the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 863641, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-SECOND COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about August 1, 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, a Donald J. 

Trump account check and check stub dated August 1, 2017, bearing check number 002821, and 

kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-THIRD COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about September 11, 

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 September 11, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. 

Trump, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

TWENTY-FOURTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about September 11, 

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 entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 868174, and 

kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-FIFTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about September 12, 

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, 

a Donald J. Trump account check and check stub dated September 12, 2017, bearing check 

number 002908, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-SIXTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about October 18, 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 October 18, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump, and kept 

and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about October 18, 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 entry in 

the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 872654, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-EIGHTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about October 18, 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, a Donald J. 

Trump account check and check stub dated October 18, 2017, bearing check number 002944, and 

kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

TWENTY-NINTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about November 20, 

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 November 20, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. 

Trump, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

THIRTIETH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about November 20, 

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 entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 876511, and 

kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

THIRTY-FIRST COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about November 21, 

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, 

a Donald J. Trump account check and check stub dated November 21, 2017, bearing check 

number 002980, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

THIRTY-SECOND COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about December 1, 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 December 1, 2017, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump, and kept 

and maintained by the Trump Organization. 

THIRTY-THIRD COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about December 1, 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 entry in 

the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 877785, and kept and 

maintained by the Trump Organization.

THIRTY-FOURTH COUNT:

AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the 

defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 

in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about December 5, 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, a Donald J. 

Trump account check and check stub dated December 5, 2017, bearing check number 003006, 

and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.

ALVIN L. BRAGG, JR. 

District Attorney 

GJ #8-5

Filed: NA

No. 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

-against￾DONALD J. TRUMP,

Defendant. 

INDICTMENT

FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, P.L. §175.10, 34 Cts

ALVIN L. BRAGG JR., District Attorney 

A True Bill

Foreperson

 

 

ADJOURNED TO PART _______ ON ________ 

STATEMENT OF FACTS

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

STATEMENT OF FACTS

IND-71543-23

-against￾DONALD J. TRUMP,

Defendant. 

INTRODUCTION

1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New 

York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the 

voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with 

others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative 

information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects. 

In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and 

caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants 

also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in 

furtherance of the scheme.

3. One component of this scheme was that, at the Defendant’s request, a lawyer who 

then worked for the Trump Organization as Special Counsel to Defendant (“Lawyer A”),

covertly paid $130,000 to an adult film actress shortly before the election to prevent her from 

publicizing a sexual encounter with the Defendant. Lawyer A made the $130,000 payment 

through a shell corporation he set up and funded at a bank in Manhattan. This payment was 

illegal, and Lawyer A has since pleaded guilty to making an illegal campaign contribution and 

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served time in prison. Further, false entries were made in New York business records to 

effectuate this payment, separate and apart from the New York business records used to conceal 

the payment.

4. After the election, the Defendant reimbursed Lawyer A for the illegal payment

through a series of monthly checks, first from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (the 

“Defendant’s Trust”)—a Trust created under the laws of New York which held the Trump 

Organization entity assets after the Defendant was elected President—and then from the 

Defendant’s bank account. Each check was processed by the Trump Organization, and each 

check was disguised as a payment for legal services rendered in a given month of 2017 pursuant 

to a retainer agreement. The payment records, kept and maintained by the Trump Organization, 

were false New York business records. In truth, there was no retainer agreement, and Lawyer A

was not being paid for legal services rendered in 2017. The Defendant caused his entities’ 

business records to be falsified to disguise his and others’ criminal conduct.

BACKGROUND

5. The Defendant is the beneficial owner of a collection of business entities known 

by the trade name the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization comprises approximately 

500 separate entities that, among other business activities, own and manage hotels, golf courses, 

commercial real estate, condominium developments, and other properties. The Trump 

Organization is headquartered at 725 Fifth Avenue in New York County.

6. From approximately June 2015 to November 2016, the Defendant was a candidate 

for the office of President of the United States. On January 20, 2017, he became President of the 

United States.

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THE SCHEME

I. The Catch and Kill Scheme to Suppress Negative Information

7. During and in furtherance of his candidacy for President, the Defendant and

others agreed to identify and suppress negative stories about him. Two parties to this agreement 

have admitted to committing illegal conduct in connection with the scheme. In August 2018, 

Lawyer A pleaded guilty to two federal crimes involving illegal campaign contributions, and 

subsequently served time in prison. In addition, in August 2018, American Media, Inc. (“AMI”), 

a media company that owned and published magazines and supermarket tabloids including the 

National Enquirer, admitted in a non-prosecution agreement that it made a payment to a source 

of a story to ensure that the source “did not publicize damaging allegations” about the Defendant 

“before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election.”

A. The 2015 Trump Tower Meeting

8. In June 2015, the Defendant announced his candidacy for President of the United 

States. 

9. Soon after, in August 2015, the Defendant met with Lawyer A and AMI’s

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (the “AMI CEO”) at Trump Tower in New York County. 

At the meeting, the AMI CEO agreed to help with the Defendant’s campaign, saying that he 

would act as the “eyes and ears” for the campaign by looking out for negative stories about the 

Defendant and alerting Lawyer A before the stories were published. The AMI CEO also agreed 

to publish negative stories about the Defendant’s competitors for the election.

B. Suppressing the Doorman’s Story

10. A few months later, in or about October or November 2015, the AMI CEO

learned that a former Trump Tower doorman (the “Doorman”) was trying to sell information 

regarding a child that the Defendant had allegedly fathered out of wedlock. At the AMI CEO’s 

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direction, AMI negotiated and signed an agreement to pay the Doorman $30,000 to acquire 

exclusive rights to the story. AMI falsely characterized this payment in AMI’s books and 

records, including in its general ledger. AMI purchased the information from the Doorman 

without fully investigating his claims, but the AMI CEO directed that the deal take place because 

of his agreement with the Defendant and Lawyer A. 

11. When AMI later concluded that the story was not true, the AMI CEO wanted to 

release the Doorman from the agreement. However, Lawyer A instructed the AMI CEO not to 

release the Doorman until after the presidential election, and the AMI CEO complied with that 

instruction because of his agreement with the Defendant and Lawyer A.

C. Suppressing Woman 1’s Account

12. About five months before the presidential election, in or about June 2016, the 

editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer and AMI’s Chief Content Officer (the “AMI Editor-in￾Chief”) contacted Lawyer A about a woman (“Woman 1”) who alleged she had a sexual 

relationship with the Defendant while he was married. The AMI Editor-in-Chief updated 

Lawyer A regularly about the matter over text message and by telephone. The Defendant did not 

want this information to become public because he was concerned about the effect it could have 

on his candidacy. Thereafter, the Defendant, the AMI CEO, and Lawyer A had a series of 

discussions about who should pay off Woman 1 to secure her silence.

13. AMI ultimately paid $150,000 to Woman 1 in exchange for her agreement not to 

speak out about the alleged sexual relationship, as well as for two magazine cover features of 

Woman 1 and a series of articles that would be published under her byline. AMI falsely 

characterized this payment in AMI’s books and records, including in its general ledger. The 

AMI CEO agreed to the deal after discussing it with both the Defendant and Lawyer A, and on 

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the understanding from Lawyer A that the Defendant or the Trump Organization would 

reimburse AMI. 

14. In a conversation captured in an audio recording in approximately September 

2016 concerning Woman 1’s account, the Defendant and Lawyer A discussed how to obtain the 

rights to Woman 1’s account from AMI and how to reimburse AMI for its payment. Lawyer A

told the Defendant he would open up a company for the transfer of Woman 1’s account and other 

information, and stated that he had spoken to the Chief Financial Officer for the Trump 

Organization (the “TO CFO”) about “how to set the whole thing up.” The Defendant asked, “So 

what do we got to pay for this? One fifty?” and suggested paying by cash. When Lawyer A

disagreed, the Defendant then mentioned payment by check. After the conversation, Lawyer A

created a shell company called Resolution Consultants, LLC on or about September 30, 2016.

15. Less than two months before the election, on or about September 30, 2016, the 

AMI CEO signed an agreement in which AMI agreed to transfer its rights to Woman 1’s account 

to Lawyer A’s shell company for $125,000. However, after the assignment agreement was 

signed but before the reimbursement took place, the AMI CEO consulted with AMI’s general 

counsel and then told Lawyer A that the deal to transfer the rights to Lawyer A’s shell company 

was off.

D. Suppressing Woman 2’s Account

16. About one month before the election, on or about October 7, 2016, news broke 

that the Defendant had been caught on tape saying to the host of Access Hollywood: “I just start 

kissing them [women]. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, 

they let you do it. You can do anything. . . . Grab ’em by the [genitals]. You can do anything.” 

The evidence shows that both the Defendant and his campaign staff were concerned that the tape 

would harm his viability as a candidate and reduce his standing with female voters in particular.

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17. Shortly after the Access Hollywood tape became public, the AMI Editor-in-Chief 

contacted the AMI CEO about another woman (“Woman 2”) who alleged she had a sexual 

encounter with the Defendant while he was married. The AMI CEO told the AMI Editor-in￾Chief to notify Lawyer A.

18. On or about October 10, 2016, the AMI Editor-in-Chief connected Lawyer A with 

Woman 2’s lawyer (“Lawyer B”). Lawyer A then negotiated a deal with Lawyer B to secure 

Woman 2’s silence and prevent disclosure of the damaging information in the final weeks before 

the presidential election. Under the deal that Lawyer B negotiated, Woman 2 would be paid

$130,000 for the rights to her account.

19. The Defendant directed Lawyer A to delay making a payment to Woman 2 as 

long as possible. He instructed Lawyer A that if they could delay the payment until after the 

election, they could avoid paying altogether, because at that point it would not matter if the story 

became public. As reflected in emails and text messages between and among Lawyer A, Lawyer 

B, and the AMI Editor-in-Chief, Lawyer A attempted to delay making payment as long as 

possible.

20. Ultimately, with pressure mounting and the election approaching, the Defendant 

agreed to the payoff and directed Lawyer A to proceed. Lawyer A discussed the deal with the 

Defendant and the TO CFO. The Defendant did not want to make the $130,000 payment

himself, and asked Lawyer A and the TO CFO to find a way to make the payment. After 

discussing various payment options with the TO CFO, Lawyer A agreed he would make the 

payment. Before making the payment, Lawyer A confirmed with the Defendant that Defendant 

would pay him back.

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21. On or about October 26, shortly after speaking with the Defendant on the phone, 

Lawyer A opened a bank account in Manhattan in the name of Essential Consultants LLC, a new 

shell company he had created to effectuate the payment. He then transferred $131,000 from his 

personal home equity line of credit (“HELOC”) into that account. On or about October 27, 

Lawyer A wired $130,000 from his Essential Consultants LLC account in New York to Lawyer 

B to suppress Woman 2’s account.

E. Post-Election Communications with AMI CEO

22. On November 8, 2016, the Defendant won the presidential election and became 

the President-Elect. Thereafter, AMI released both the doorman and Woman 1 from their non￾disclosure agreements.

23. The Defendant was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2017. Between 

Election Day and Inauguration Day, during the period of the Defendant’s transition to his role as 

President, the Defendant met with the AMI CEO privately in Trump Tower in Manhattan. The 

Defendant thanked the AMI CEO for handling the stories of the Doorman and Woman 1, and 

invited the AMI CEO to the Inauguration. In the summer of 2017, the Defendant invited the 

AMI CEO to the White House for a dinner to thank him for his help during the campaign. 

II. The Defendant Falsified Business Records

24. Shortly after being elected President, the Defendant arranged to reimburse 

Lawyer A for the payoff he made on the Defendant’s behalf. In or around January 2017, the TO 

CFO and Lawyer A met to discuss how Lawyer A would be reimbursed for the money he paid to 

ensure Woman 2’s silence. The TO CFO asked Lawyer A to bring a copy of a bank statement 

for the Essential Consultants account showing the $130,000 payment. 

25. The TO CFO and Lawyer A agreed to a total repayment amount of $420,000. 

They reached that figure by adding the $130,000 payment to a $50,000 payment for another 

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expense for which Lawyer A also claimed reimbursement, for a total of $180,000. The TO CFO 

then doubled that amount to $360,000 so that Lawyer A could characterize the payment as 

income on his tax returns, instead of a reimbursement, and Lawyer A would be left with 

$180,000 after paying approximately 50% in income taxes. Finally, the TO CFO added an 

additional $60,000 as a supplemental year-end bonus. Together, these amounts totaled 

$420,000. The TO CFO memorialized these calculations in handwritten notes on the copy of the 

bank statement that Lawyer A had provided. 

26. The Defendant, the TO CFO, and Lawyer A then agreed that Lawyer A would be 

paid the $420,000 through twelve monthly payments of $35,000 over the course of 2017. Each 

month, Lawyer A was to send an invoice to the Defendant through Trump Organization

employees, falsely requesting payment of $35,000 for legal services rendered in a given month

of 2017 pursuant to a retainer agreement. At no point did Lawyer A have a retainer agreement 

with the Defendant or the Trump Organization. 

27. In early February 2017, the Defendant and Lawyer A met in the Oval Office at the 

White House and confirmed this repayment arrangement.

28. On or about February 14, 2017, Lawyer A emailed the Controller of the Trump 

Organization (the “TO Controller”) the first monthly invoice, which stated: “Pursuant to the 

retainer agreement, kindly remit payment for services rendered for the months of January and 

February, 2017.” The invoice requested payment in the amount of $35,000 for each of those two 

months. The TO CFO approved the payment, and, in turn, the TO Controller sent the invoice to

the Trump Organization Accounts Payable Supervisor (the “TO Accounts Payable Supervisor”) 

with the following instructions: “Post to legal expenses. Put ‘retainer for the months of January 

and February 2017’ in the description.”

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29. Lawyer A submitted ten similar monthly invoices by email to the Trump 

Organization for the remaining months in 2017. Each invoice falsely stated that it was being 

submitted “[p]ursuant to the retainer agreement,” and falsely requested “payment for services 

rendered” for a month of 2017. In fact, there was no such retainer agreement and Lawyer A was 

not being paid for services rendered in any month of 2017.

30. The TO Controller forwarded each invoice to the TO Accounts Payable 

Supervisor. Consistent with the TO Controller’s initial instructions, the TO Accounts Payable 

Supervisor printed out each invoice and marked it with an accounts payable stamp and the 

general ledger code “51505” for legal expenses. The Trump Organization maintained the 

invoices as records of expenses paid. 

31. As instructed, the TO Accounts Payable Supervisor recorded each payment in the 

Trump Organization’s electronic accounting system, falsely describing it as a “legal expense” 

pursuant to a retainer agreement for a month of 2017. The Trump Organization maintained a

digital entry for each expense, called a “voucher,” and these vouchers, like vouchers for other 

expenses, became part of the Trump Organization’s general ledgers. 

32. The TO Accounts Payable Supervisor then prepared checks with attached check 

stubs for approval and signature. The first check was paid from the Defendant’s Trust and

signed by the TO CFO and the Defendant’s son, as trustees. The check stub falsely recorded the 

payment as “Retainer for 1/1-1/31/17” and “Retainer for 2/1-2/28/17.” The second check, for 

March 2017, was also paid from the Trust and signed by two trustees. The check stub falsely 

recorded the payment as “Retainer for 3/1-3/31/17.”

33. The remaining nine checks, corresponding to the months of April through 

December of 2017, were paid by the Defendant personally. Each of the checks was cut from the 

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Defendant’s bank account and sent, along with the corresponding invoices from Lawyer A, from 

the Trump Organization in New York County to the Defendant in Washington, D.C. The checks 

and stubs bearing the false statements were stapled to the invoices also bearing false statements. 

The Defendant signed each of the checks personally and had them sent back to the Trump 

Organization in New York County. There, the checks, the stubs, and the invoices were scanned 

and maintained in the Trump Organization’s data system before the checks themselves were 

detached and mailed to Lawyer A for payment. 

34. The $35,000 payments stopped after the December 2017 payment.

III. The Investigation into Lawyer A and the Defendant’s Pressure Campaign

35. On or about April 9, 2018, the FBI executed a search warrant on Lawyer A’s 

residences and office. In the months that followed, the Defendant and others engaged in a public 

and private pressure campaign to ensure that Lawyer A did not cooperate with law enforcement

in the federal investigation. 

36. On the day of the FBI searches, Lawyer A called to speak with the Defendant to 

let him know what had occurred. In a return call, the Defendant told Lawyer A to “stay strong.” 

37. On or about April 21, 2018, the Defendant publicly commented on Twitter 

encouraging Lawyer A not to “flip,” stating, “Most people will flip if the Government lets them 

out of trouble, even if . . . it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see [Lawyer A] 

doing that . . . .”

38. In mid-April 2018, Lawyer A was also approached by an attorney (“Lawyer C”),

who offered to represent him in the interest of maintaining a “back channel of communication” 

to the Defendant. On or about April 21, 2018, Lawyer C emailed Lawyer A, highlighting that he 

had a close relationship with the Defendant’s personal attorney (“Lawyer D”) and stating,

“[T]his could not be a better situation for the President or you.” Later that day, Lawyer C 

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emailed Lawyer A again, writing, “I spoke with [Lawyer D]. Very Very Positive. You are 

‘loved.’ . . . [Lawyer D] said this communication channel must be maintained. . . . Sleep well 

tonight, you have friends in high places.”

39. On or about June 14, 2018, Lawyer C emailed Lawyer A a news clip discussing 

the possibility of Lawyer A cooperating, and continued to urge him not to cooperate with law 

enforcement, writing, “The whole objective of this exercise by the [federal prosecutors] is to 

drain you, emotionally and financially, until you reach a point that you see them as your only 

means to salvation.” In the same email , Lawyer C, wrote, “You are making a very big mistake 

if you believe the stories these ‘journalists’ are writing about you. They want you to cave. They 

want you to fail. They do not want you to persevere and succeed.”

40. On August 21, 2018, Lawyer A pleaded guilty in the federal investigation. The 

next day, on or about August 22, 2018, the Defendant commented on Twitter, “If anyone is 

looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of [Lawyer 

A]!” Later that day, the Defendant posted to Twitter again, stating, “I feel very badly for” one of 

his former campaign managers who had been criminally charged, saying, “[U]nlike [Lawyer A], 

he refused to ‘break’ – make up stories in order to get a ‘deal.’”

IV. Lawyer A and AMI Admit Guilt in Connection with Payoffs of Woman 1 and 

Woman 2

41. Ultimately, other participants in the scheme admitted that the payoffs were 

unlawful. 

42. In or about September 2018, AMI entered into a non-prosecution agreement with 

the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in connection with 

AMI’s payoff of Woman 1, admitting that “[a]t no time during the negotiation or acquisition of 

[Woman 1’s] story did AMI intend to publish the story or disseminate information about it 

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publicly.” Rather, AMI admitted that it made the payment to ensure that Woman 1 “did not 

publicize damaging allegations” about the Defendant “before the 2016 presidential election and 

thereby influence that election.”

43. In August 21, 2018, Lawyer A pleaded guilty to a felony in connection with his 

role in AMI’s payoff to Woman 1, admitting in his guilty plea that he had done so at the 

Defendant’s direction: 

[O]n or about the summer of 2016, in coordination with, and at the direction 

of, a candidate for federal office, I and the CEO of a media company at the 

request of the candidate worked together to keep an individual with information 

that would be harmful to the candidate and to the campaign from publicly 

disclosing this information. After a number of discussions, we eventually 

accomplished the goal by the media company entering into a contract with the 

individual under which she received compensation of $150,000. I participated in 

this conduct, which on my part took place in Manhattan, for the principal purpose 

of influencing the election.

(emphasis added).

44. Lawyer A also pleaded guilty to a felony in connection with his payoff of Woman 

2 to secure her silence, again at the Defendant’s direction. Lawyer A admitted as part of his 

guilty plea:

[O]n or about October of 2016, in coordination with, and at the direction of, 

the same candidate, I arranged to make a payment to a second individual with 

information that would be harmful to the candidate and to the campaign to keep 

the individual from disclosing the information. To accomplish this, I used a 

company that was under my control to make a payment in the sum of $130,000. 

The monies I advanced through my company were later repaid to me by the 

candidate. I participated in this conduct, which on my part took place in 

Manhattan, for the principal purpose of influencing the election.

(emphasis added).

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1 This Statement of Facts contains certain of the information that is relevant to the events 

described herein, and does not contain all facts relevant to the charged conduct.

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DATED: New York, New York

April 4, 2023

ALVIN L. BRAGG, JR.

District Attorney

New York County




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