Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges

Felony is the classification of the most serious types of crimes. 很严重的犯罪就是felony。

Election integrity refers to international standards governing the appropriate conduct of elections.

Extramarital (especially of sexual relations) occurring outside marriage.

Riddled with false claims: fill in with false claims.

唐纳德·特朗普，美国历史上唯一一个被逮捕的总统。

In a historic court appearance Tuesday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in a Manhattan criminal court. Prosecutors alleged that Trump sought to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election through a hush money scheme with payments made to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump. He has denied the affairs. After the arraignment, Trump flew back to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, where he delivered a speech riddled with false claims. "I never thought anything like this could happen in America, never thought it could happen," Trump said. "The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it," he said. The next in-person hearing is scheduled for December 4, though Trump's attorneys have vowed to do all they can to stop the case beforehand.