Trump praises “incredibly nice” court staff as he is OFFICIALLY included in New York’s criminal database

Former President Donald Trump is officially listed in New York’s searchable criminal database – as case number IND-71543-23.

The message shows Trump’s year of birth – 1946 – but contains no information about his arrest, only the name of one of his lawyers, Gedalia Moshe Stern, and Stern’s contact information.

The database also notes that Trump’s next day in court isn’t until December 4.

On Wednesday, Trump, a 2024 presidential candidate, released a statement applauding the professionalism of police and court officials he encountered in custody the day before.

“The AMAZING PATRIOTS inside and outside the courthouse on Tuesday were incredibly nice, in fact, they couldn’t have been nicer,” Trump said. “Law clerks, police officers and others were all very professional and represented New York City sooo well.”

Trump will sit in court in Manhattan on Tuesday, surrounded by his defense team. On Wednesday, he sent a statement praising the professionalism of the officers and court officials he had met the day before

Former President Donald Trump’s name appears as a defendant in the New York State Unified Court System database. On Tuesday, he was charged with 34 felonies for falsifying business documents

‘Thanks to all!’ added the former president.

Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with Stormy Daniels’ hush money scheme leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

He pleaded not guilty in the New York Criminal Court on Tuesday afternoon, when Thursday’s 16-page indictment was unsealed.

In addition, a 13-page factsheet was released by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

It said that between August 2015 and December 2017, Trump “established a plan with others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him in order to suppress its publication and benefit the defendant’s electoral prospects.” to come’.

The alleged crimes included writing monthly checks to his former attorney Michael Cohen throughout 2017 as part of an “advance payment agreement,” with prosecutors saying there was no such advance agreement and that those payments were actually intended to repay Cohen the $130,000 was given to Daniels to keep. her silence about her rendezvous with Trump in 2006 ahead of Election Day 2016.

The statement of facts said Trump and Cohen even met in the Oval Office, where Cohen got a commitment from the then president to be paid back.

Trump ignored reporters during his afternoon in New York court, but then returned to Mar-a-Lago, where he ranted against those who worked in what he viewed as a politicized justice system.

“It turns out that pretty much everyone who has looked at this case, including RINOs and even die-hard Democrats, is saying there is no crime and it should never have been brought, never brought before, anyone. Even people who aren’t big fans have said it,” the former president said.

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump went through the cast of characters who worked in the justice system that he considered problematic.

Trump denounced Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, saying he was campaigning “on the fact that he would get President Trump.”

He also went after Judge Juan Manuel Merchan, who is leading the New York hush money case.

“I have a Trump-hating judge, with a Trump-hating wife and family, whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign and a lot of it,” Trump stormed from the podium at his Florida home and refuge.

He also accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, calling her a “local racist Atlanta Democratic District Attorney.”

Willis, who is black, is overseeing a case in which Trump could be indicted for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results.

Trump also called New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is also black, a “reverse racist” for prosecuting fraud cases against his companies.

The ex-president also labeled Special Counsel Jack Smith a “lunatic.”

Smith, who was appointed by President Joe Biden’s attorney general Merrick Garland, is handling two federal Trump-related investigations: his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House and his role in the 6th Capitol bombing. January.

During his 2020 campaign — and now again in his 2024 campaign — Trump has expressed his support for ordinary police officers, but at the same time he branded local and federal prosecutors and top officials at the DOJ and FBI as corrupt when they’ve looked into his dealings.