President Trump has been indicted as part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s years-long investigation.
The charges against Trump relate to payments made to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
This from foxnews.com.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
Fox News Digital reported:
These include the $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and the $150,000 payment made to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Hush money payments made to both McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018. Those payments had been investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York and by the Federal Election Commission.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York opted out of charging Trump related to the Stormy Daniels payment in 2019, even as Cohen implicated him as part of his plea deal. The Federal Election Commission also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021.
A spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Thursday:
This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which remains under seal. Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected.
Trump reacted to his indictment, slamming Bragg for his “obsession” with trying to “get Trump,” while warning the move to charge a former president of the United States will “backfire.”
Trump said in a statement:
This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. 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, 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.
He continued:
The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable—indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference. Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done.
Trump said:
Democrats are guilty of weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent.
Trump attorney Alina Habba said:
Trump attorney Alina Habba said:Trump is a victim of a corrupt and distorted version of the American justice system and history.
She added:
He will be vindicated.
The charges against Trump also come while New York Attorney General Letitia James continues her years-long civil investigation into the Trump Organization to find out whether Trump and his company improperly inflated the value of assets on financial statements in order to obtain loans and tax benefits.
Final thoughts: The United States of America is now officially a Banana Republic—bought and controlled by corrupt donors.
Indeed these are exciting times to be living in America. But we must isolate and segregate for the highest level of personal security possible. Also, ammo up, but pay with cash. Our credit card purchases are being tracked despite what we’re being told.
