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Donald Trump indicted: Former president reportedly charged in Manhattan hush money case

by Cami Mondeaux, Breaking News Reporter & Emily Jacobs, Weekend News Editor |

March 30, 2023 05:34 PM

A Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday to issue an indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges for his alleged involvement in making hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to multiple reports.

The indictment marks the first time a former U.S. president has been criminally charged, setting the stage for what could be an unprecedented trial as Trump seeks a return to the White House in 2024. The indictment comes days after reports emerged criminal charges may be forthcoming, eliciting pushback from several GOP lawmakers and Trump’s close allies, four people familiar with the matter told the New York Times.

Reports of a looming indictment emerged after former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified before the Manhattan grand jury multiple times earlier this month. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, also met with prosecutors earlier this month.

The case received increased attention after Trump posted on his Truth Social account over the weekend that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, urging his supporters to protest and “take our nation back.” The call for protests prompted increased security measures outside the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Capitol building, and Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago.

Cohen was previously convicted in 2018 after pleading guilty to paying two women who accused Trump of sexual affairs to be silent, including Daniels. As part of the scheme, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 and was later reimbursed by the Trump Organization.

Manhattan prosecutors later opened an investigation into whether Trump falsified business records to list the reimbursement as a legal expense. Such a crime is a misdemeanor in New York but could be increased to a felony if Bragg’s office argues the fraud was intended to conceal a second crime.

At the time of Cohen’s trial, federal prosecutors did not press charges against Trump due to guidance from the Justice Department that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. However, prosecutors revived discussions about possible charges shortly before Trump left office in 2021.

The threat of an indictment of the former president sparked outrage among several GOP lawmakers, with House Republicans announcing on Monday they would be opening investigations into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg regarding the matter. The indictment sets the stage for Trump to be arraigned by law enforcement officials, although it’s not clear when the former president may be taken into custody.

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More to come as they ensure he cannot run for president

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I think most Americans will
Right him in.

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GO RON D 2024

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Technically he still can even if his sitting in a jail cell.

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The GOP will certainly lose if they run the Rump again.

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I’m not so sure anymore. Trump is still popular and he seems to be getting even more so. The Left may have made a mistake that will cost them in 24. Even Dems are saying what a big mistake this is, as it just makes him more appealing.

It’s going to be an interesting year, to say the least.

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Popular with the extremist right and some misguided people on the right.

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Would you rather have Trump or another 4 years of Democrats?

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Trumps big mouth and 5 year old name calling is his biggest deterrent.

Until the extremists, never Trumpers and the Trump faithful reconcile the left will win even running the half dead Biden. The last election says everything. With an economy that is dying from inflation people chose democrats who are largely responsible for the inflation over republicans supported by Trump. GOP cannot win nor can the democrats win with the party faithful. It takes the Independents who do not support Trump and his 5 year old attitude to win.

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Lol what is extremist about trump? Closed borders? Low inflation? Low gas prices? Low inflation?

You’re a weird low iq dude. Maybe you’re just a old fart who has lost touch with reality… so sad

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Comprehension issues???

That means YOU!

Reading is fundamental.

Maybe you’re just another PUBIC school educated idiot who is apparently clueless.

I’ll bet my BSE and raise you my MBA against your 8th grade education. My going labor rate is 200-250 an hour what’s yours? I paid 950K for my home in cheyenne and made 100K in improvements and paid cash, YOU???

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You’re a weird dude… your hate for success… and call your self anti Biden but against trump lol
Do you even know who the independent candidate was in 2020? Utah moron who likes trannys

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HUTA syndrome. Your medicaid probably covers treatment.

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Yes, but… would YOU prefer Trump over a Democrat?

I’m not a fan of the man himself, I never was … way before his political aspirations. I do think he was the best President we have had in over 40 years… despite all the bagage that comes with him.

I know if Trump is the nominee, I will be voting for him.

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Biden did not really win the Democrats committed the biggest election fraud in history problem is the American education system has been over run with radical far leftists it partially affected the millennials but this new generations are more mentally ill and homosexual you need someone like Trump to make America great again

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Lou might be suffering from late stages in life. Let’s all pray for him

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The fraud factor.

Alvin Bragg’s Trump Indictment Is Even More Pathetic And Partisan Than We Could Have Imagined

By: Margot Cleveland

April 05, 2023

So weak are the charges, Bragg may be abandoned by other Democrats as they try to avoid the fallout from the political targeting of Trump.

Margot Cleveland

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s 34-count indictment against Donald Trump proved even more pathetic than anticipated — so pathetic, in fact, that the “get Trump” crowd will likely soon turn on the Democrat prosecutor.

Yesterday afternoon, the former president and leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate appeared in a New York state courtroom and pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges leveled against him by the Manhattan D.A. The public had to wait longer, however, to learn the specifics of the 34 criminal counts contained in the indictment.

When finally unsealed, the indictment prompted a figurative flipping of the pages, with Americans looking front to back for something real there. But there was none to find.

Rather, for 16 pages, the grand jury indictment merely regurgitated the same statutory buzzwords, alleging Trump violated §175.10 of the New York Penal Law: “in the County of New York and elsewhere,” Trump, “on or about” a specific date, “with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a false entry in the business records.”

The template was then repeated in each count, specifying a different date or business record — sometimes an invoice from Michael Cohen, sometimes an entry in the general ledger of the Donald Trump Trust, and sometimes the issuance of a check. There were three or four criminal counts alleged against Trump for each payment made to Cohen from February through December of 2017, which together stacked up to 34 counts.

Along with the indictment, Bragg also released a 13-page “Statement of the Facts,” but the additional details failed to bolster the charges. On the contrary, the summary made it seem as if Trump’s alleged crime was participating in, what Bragg called, a “catch and kill scheme to suppress negative information.”

“From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects,” the statement began. “In order to execute the unlawful scheme,” the summary continued, “the participants violated election laws and made and caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York.”

Best part is he lost invalidating several charges.

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