Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on April 5 that the topic of former President Donald Trump facing criminal charges did not come up during a meeting with NATO allies.
Blinken was in Brussels to take part in the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, as well as to attend a ceremony marking Finland’s accession to the NATO military alliance. The timing of his overseas trip coincided with Trump’s arraignment in New York on April 4, when the former president was charged with 34 accounts of falsifying business records related to payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, and has stated that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has “no case” against him. The charges were handed down by a grand jury impaneled by Bragg….}