Trump fears arrest and calls for protests
The former US President is expected to be arrested next Tuesday. That’s why he called on his supporters to protest.
New York prosecutors are investigating Trump over hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. (March 4, 2023)
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Former US President Donald Trump has called on his supporters to protest over his alleged arrest on Tuesday for a hush money payment to a porn actress. «The leading Republican candidate and former President of the United States of America will be arrested on Tuesday next week. Protest, take back our nation!” Trump wrote on Saturday on the online platform Truth Social, citing a “leak” at the prosecutor’s office.
Prosecutors are investigating a $130,000 hush money payment that Trump’s private attorney at the time, Michael Cohen, made shortly before the 2016 presidential election Porn actress Stormy Daniels had done. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, says she had sex with Trump years before the election, which Trump denies.
The payment was apparently intended to prevent Clifford from going public, which might have harmed Trump during the election campaign. The cash flows may have violated campaign finance laws.
Should Trump be indicted, it would be the first time a former US President has been indicted. The 76-year-old Republican had announced a renewed candidature for the presidency last November and wants to retake the White House in the 2024 elections.
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