Trump indictment updates: Trump speaks out on charges from Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump is the first former U.S. president to be indicted.

ByAaron Katersky, Emily Shapiro, Morgan Winsor, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: April 5, 2023, 3:36 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury last week.

He is the first former U.S. president to be indicted.

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Here's how the news developed. All times Eastern.
Apr 04, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to a source in the courtroom. Trump entered the not guilty plea himself, sources said.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for an arraignment in New York City, Apr. 4, 2023.
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Trump waited in the courtroom for at least five minutes before Judge Juan Merchan arrived, and rose when the judge said, “all rise.”

“Let’s arraign Mr. Trump, please," Merchan said.

Trump spoke quietly when he addressed the judge, including when he entered his not guilty plea.

In this April 4, 2023, file photo, former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court, in New York.
Seth Wenig/AP, FILE

Todd Blanche, Trump’s new defense attorney, at one point said, “I didn’t realize we were going to be giving opening statements.”

Blanche said Trump was “frustrated” and “upset” and had a right to express his views publicly.

The judge said he was not going to enact a gag order.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Olivia Rubin, Laura Romero and John Santucci

Apr 04, 2023, 2:41 PM EDT

Photo released of Trump at arraignment

A photo has been released of former President Donald Trump sitting between his attorneys at the defense table.

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court, April 4, 2023, in New York.
Seth Wenig/AP

Still cameras were permitted to take photos in the courtroom before the hearing began, but Judge Juan Merchan barred video cameras from the proceedings.

Apr 04, 2023, 2:29 PM EDT

Trump enters courtroom for unprecedented arraignment

Former President Donald Trump has entered a Manhattan courtroom for an unprecedented arraignment.

Trump didn't speak to the press as he headed into the courtroom at 2:28 p.m., nearly one hour after he entered the courthouse at 1:23 p.m.

In this April 4, 2023, file photo, former President Donald Trump arrives at court in New York.
Mary Altaffer/AP, FILE

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was brought into the courtroom before him, escorted in under the protection of officers.

PHOTO: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, far right, passes through a hallway outside the courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, far right, passes through a hallway outside the courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
Mary Altaffer/AP

Apr 04, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT

Trump processed, fingerprints taken

Former President Donald Trump has been processed as a criminal defendant, including having his fingerprints taken.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and John Santucci

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