A grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump criminally
Donald Trump is expected to be indicted by a New York state court soon. This is a first for a former US president.
Donald Trump during his last meeting in Waco, Texas on March 25, 2023.
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A grand jury in a New York court voted to indict Donald Trump in a 2016 case of allegedly buying the silence of an adult film actress, US media reported on Thursday, an unprecedented move for the former president.
The former tenant of the White House, who dreams of winning again in 2024, must be formally charged in the coming days by a New York state judge and Manhattan attorney Alvin Bragg to pay 130 ‘000. Dollars to pornographic actress and director Stormy Daniels, specifically the “New York Times” and CNN, citing sources familiar with the matter.
After ten days of keeping America in suspense, it appeared that this hypothetical criminal impeachment of Donald Trump would not happen before the end of April this Thursday. The press was abuzz in early March with rumors of a possible impeachment of the Republican billionaire.
He pulled a political stunt on March 18 by announcing on his Truth social network that he would be “arrested” without any evidence and charged in a New York court three days later. But nothing happened. The nation waited 10 days for this potential impeachment, a historic fact against a former US president.
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The “Washington Post”, “Politico” and “New York Daily News” also confirmed on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that justice should not be decided before April 24.
Since March 20, a grand jury — a group of citizens with investigative powers that work with prosecutors and vote on indictments — has met only twice, and no calls are scheduled.
For his part, Donald Trump, who denies “any crime” and any connection with Stormy Daniels, assessed the investigation on Sunday and Monday as “dead”, “fraud” and “election interference” planned by “thugs” before 2024. Presidential election.
For years, justice has sought to determine whether the 76-year-old former Republican president’s payments to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels constituted misinformation, a misdemeanor or violation of campaign finance laws, a criminal offense. Stephanie Clifford, shortly before winning the November 2016 presidential election. For what purpose? So she keeps quiet about an extramarital affair 10 years ago.
Accusing Donald Trump of being an “animal” and a “racist” and of being “politically motivated” by Republicans, Bragg, an African-American Democratic attorney-elect, responded that the billionaire had created his “false standby” media. It condemned the charge sheet and “interference” in the investigation.
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