Donald Trump indicted, first US president to face criminal charges

A New York court has indicted former President Donald Trump on charges of bribing a porn star to remain silent during the 2016 campaign, making him the first US president to face criminal charges.

According to the report of the news agency AFP, for the first time in the history of the United States, a former president was indicted and a trial will be held against him on criminal charges, while the 76-year-old Republican candidate Donald Trump, after the court decision against the presidential election, has been indicted. There is a new mode where Trump is running for president again.

Donald Trump has also denied the allegations against him.

The former Republican president has faced a string of charges, including two impeachments, an attack on the US Capitol by supporters to the seizure of sensitive documents from a private office, but he was indicted for an affair with former porn star Stormy Daniels, 44. has been imposed.

New York’s Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed that he had contacted Trump’s lawyer on Thursday to turn himself in for arraignment in New York and that the charges against him would be announced at that time.

He could face up to 30 charges related to business fraud, CNN reported.

Trump, on the other hand, called the impeachment a political vendetta and election interference, blaming prosecutors and his Democratic rival but saying the tactic would fail.

Regarding the arrest, Trump’s lawyer has said that he will do the same if indicted, in which case he may even be handcuffed.

“I’m getting too many messages that I can’t answer and I don’t want to jump in,” Stormy Daniels said in a statement on the social networking site Twitter.

Possible protest

Donald Trump announced on March 18 that he could potentially be arrested within days over the payments to Stormy Daniels.

The former president had called his supporters to protest if he was arrested and warned that it would be extremely dangerous and could lead to a crisis in the country.

His statement sparked protests in New York, but a grand jury panel continued to hear and indict him.

Media also gathered outside the New York District Attorney’s office, where anti-Trump protesters were also present, but the situation was normal.

The jury also recorded testimony from Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, who told Congress in 2019 that he had paid Stormy Daniels on Trump’s behalf and then returned it.

Prosecutors argued that the checks were not properly registered and the jury was asked to look at what could possibly have been used to benefit Trump in order to end the scandal against him.

It should be noted that former US President Donald Trump is accused of paying 130,000 dollars to pop star Stephanie Clifford alias Stormy Daniels to hide relationship information before the 2016 presidential election.

Investigators in New York have reached a verdict on the first charge in three major investigations against the former president.

The investigation into the allegation against Trump was led by Democrat Elon Bragg.

In addition, in Georgia, Trump and his allies are being investigated for trying to change the outcome of the defeat in the southern state in the 2020 elections.