Seth Meyers was blown away by the seriousness of the fees revealed towards Donald Trump on the former president’s arraignment Tuesday in Manhattan.
“Once we had been at first speculating about this case, I feel most individuals imagined it could be one or two prices of perhaps falsifying enterprise data or marketing campaign finance violations,” the “Late Evening” host mentioned Tuesday evening.
“It was then reported that Trump would face 34 counts, however even that was unclear as a result of that may imply, say, one felony and 33 misdemeanors, which could truly come off as a reasonably weak case. However we discovered in the present day that the fees had been far more critical than that.”
After surrendering himself to the Manhattan Prison Court docket on Tuesday afternoon, Trump pleaded not responsible to 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise data. The previous president is accused of falsifying enterprise data to hide $130,000 in hush cash paid to porn star Stormy Daniels within the weeks earlier than the 2016 election to forestall her from going public about an alleged affair they’d in 2006.
“Not simply 34 prices, 34 felonies! Holy shit!” Meyers exclaimed after airing reporting from the arraignment. “So as to elevate the $130,000 he used to repay Stormy Daniels, did he additionally rob a financial institution in a Halloween masks?”
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