Manhattan DA accuses Trump of falsifying records to cover up election crimes.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused former President Donald Trump of falsifying business records to cover up crimes related to the 2016 presidential election. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a probe into hush money payments made to two women ahead of the 2016 election. Bragg said Trump made false statements when he reimbursed his former lawyer Michael Cohen for the payments, claiming they were for legal services. The alleged scheme to conceal payments from the public violated New York election law, which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means.