Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on a slew of criminal charges, including 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, according to the unsealed court records released on Tuesday afternoon.

Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan announced the felony charges during Trump’s initial court appearance on Tuesday afternoon, marking the first time a former president has been criminally charged in U.S. history. Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts. 

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The charges come one day after Trump arrived in New York for the criminal proceedings, which the former president has repeatedly denounced as being baseless and politically motivated.

Trump will now head back to his Mar-a-Lago home, where he’ll address his supporters in an address Tuesday evening.

Trump arrived at the Manhattan courthouse at 1:25 p.m. for his arraignment, waving to a full street of supporters who had been lining the streets for hours prior to his arrival. Some had even camped out overnight in anticipation of his court appearance.

Law enforcement in New York have increased security detail around the courthouse ahead of Trump's appearance, with Mayor Eric Adams warning protesters not to get too rowdy — specifically calling out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who will lead a protest outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

“While there may be some rabble rousers thinking about coming to our city tomorrow, our message is clear and simple: Control yourselves,” Adams said.

Greene shot back at Adams, accusing the New York mayor of using intimidation tactics to silence opposition.

“Delusional [Eric Adams] is trying to intimidate, threaten, and stop me from using my 1st amendment rights to peacefully protest the Democrat’s unconstitutional weaponization of our justice system against our top Republican Presidential candidate, President Trump,” she said in a tweet. “Should I be the one concerned that the mayor of NYC will weaponize his government or maybe his thugs like DA Alvin Bragg against me?”

The charges come after a grand jury in Manhattan voted on Thursday to indict the former president on charges related to a hush money case that emerged during his first White House bid in 2016.

Reports of a looming indictment emerged after former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified before the Manhattan grand jury multiple times earlier this month. Cohen was convicted in 2018 after pleading guilty to paying two women who accused Trump of sexual affairs to be silent, including adult film star Stormy Daniels.

As part of the scheme, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 and was later reimbursed by the Trump Organization.

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Manhattan prosecutors later opened an investigation into whether Trump falsified business records to list the reimbursement as a legal expense.

At the time of Cohen’s trial, federal prosecutors did not press charges against Trump due to guidance from the Justice Department that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. However, prosecutors revived discussions about possible charges shortly before Trump left office in 2021. The federal government did not ultimately charge Trump.