Trump pleads not guilty to 34 charges; admonished by judge

Former U.S. president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday. (SETH WENIG/Getty Images/TNS)
Former U.S. president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday. (SETH WENIG/Getty Images/TNS)

NEW YORK — Donald Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 election through a series of hush money payments designed to stifle claims that could be harmful to his candidacy, prosecutors said Tuesday in u…