Former President Donald Trump has been indicted, numerous Trump-related individuals confirmed to NPR.
Trump will become the first former president in American history to face criminal charges thanks to the allegations, which are anticipated to be announced in the coming days. In the upcoming days, the indictment from the grand jury is anticipated to be made public.
"We got in touch with Mr. Trump's lawyer this evening to arrange his delivery to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which is still under seal. When the day for the arraignment is chosen, advice will be given "The Manhattan District Attorney's Office released a statement on Thursday night.
The grand jury has been investigating the hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels by Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, in 2016 in exchange for her keeping quiet about rumours that she had an affair with the president.
Although he has acknowledged paying Cohen back for money given to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, Trump has denied having an affair with her.
The former president responded angrily to the charges, branding them political persecution. In the statement, he claimed that "this is political persecution and election interference at the greatest level ever." "The Radical Left Democrats, the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country, have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement from the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States," Trump said.
Trump earlier last month pushed his followers to organise sizable protests because charges were imminent.
In 2018, Cohen entered pleas of guilty to a number of criminal offences, including making unauthorised campaign donations by paying women to keep quiet about their alleged ties with Trump.Cohen described the plan in his plea: During the last month of the 2016 presidential campaign, he paid Daniels $130,000 to stop speaking out about her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
A home equity line of credit was used by Cohen to get the funds. He made arrangements for Trump to pay him back over the course of the following year.
The $420,000 in monthly cheques for Cohen were designated as a "retainer" payment. While some were signed by the Trump trust, others were from what Cohen claimed to be Trump's personal account and were signed by him. If business record falsification was carried out to further another offence, such as a campaign funding violation, it may be considered a felony under New York law. Cohen claimed to have even spoken to Trump about the cheques Trump in the Oval Office.
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