NEW YORK—A crowd of saddened but optimistic supporters of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday gathered outside a lower Manhattan courthouse, with some of them saying the Democrat-led effort to bring criminal charges against the nation’s top Republican would only boost his 2024 presidential campaign.
The first U.S. president to ever be prosecuted after leaving office, Trump now faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to an alleged $130,000 payment for a non-disclosure agreement signed between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Trump’s then-attorney, Michael Cohen.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, which are brought by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat who made prosecuting Trump a cornerstone of his 2020 campaign….