Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Donald Trump Arrives At D.C. Courthouse To Face Conspiracy Charges Over 2020 Election; Faces Up To 35 Years Behind Bars For Efforts To Overturning Vote
deadline.comAmidst the circus and chaos that has become his brand, Donald Trump has arrived in court today in Washington D.C. to face criminal charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
The 45th President of the United States is now in custody to be arraigned. In his third indictment in just over as many months, Trump is charged on multiple counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
With half a dozen unnamed but not unknown co-conspirators, it all adds up to the horror of a then sitting POTUS literally and figuratively trying to engineer a siege of American democracy.
Trump is set to appear in front of Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya in the next hour in a room in E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse that has seen a number of January 6 insurrectionist face justice over the past two years.
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