Read the indictment of former President Donald Trump here.Former President Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree Tuesday afternoon. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.From August 2015 to December 2017, Trump allegedly orchestrated a “catch and kill” scheme through a series of payments that he then concealed through months of false business entries, according to a news release from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.The indictment lays out three different instances of hush money payments to cover up alleged affairs.The first such instance was American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the National Enquirer, paying $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child Trump had out of wedlock. In a second instance, AMI paid $150,000 to a woman, likely former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed she had a sexual relationship with Trump. Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, was then directed by Trump to reimburse AMI, though the company declined to accept reimbursement.The third instance came 12 days before the 2016 presidential election when Cohen wired $130,000 to an attorney for an adult film actress, likely Stormy Daniels. Cohen, who served time in federal prison for campaign finance crimes, made the payment through a shell corporation funded through a bank in Manhattan.After winning the election, Trump allegedly paid Cohen back through a series of monthly checks from both a trust tied to the Trump Organization and the former president's bank account.According to the indictment, nine of those checks were signed by Trump. The indictment also says each check was processed by the Trump Organization and illegally disguised as a payment for legal services rendered pursuant to a non-existent retainer agreement. In total, 34 false entries were made in New York business records to conceal the initial covert $130,000 payment.“At its core, this case today is one with allegations like so many of our white-collar cases," Bragg said in a press conference following Trump's arraignment. "Allegations that someone lied, again and again, to protect their interests and evade the laws to which we are all held accountable.“As this office has done time and time again we today uphold our solemn responsibility to see that everyone stands equal before the law. No amount of money and no amount of power changes that enduring American principle," he added.