A Manhattan County grand jury voted on Thursday to indict Donald Trump in a criminal case. informed The New York Times, citing four sources.
The charge will be published in a few days by decision of the public prosecutor. It is known that the former US president is accused of a serious item – the charge concerns a bribe in the amount of 130 thousand dollars for silence, which before the 2016 election was received by pornographic actress Stormy Daniels from Trump’s lawyers. The politician himself denies both the connection to Daniels and his attitude towards the payments she received. He calls political persecution.
Expectedthat Trump will be detained and photographed, as well as his fingerprints taken, after which the judge will decide on the measure of restraint.
In November 2022, Trump announced that he would run for president in the fall of 2024. Some additional investigations related to his possible crimes, are at the initial stage.
- According to Stormy Daniels, in 2006 he had sex with Donald Trump. Daniels also said that in 2011, after telling her story to In Touch Weekly, she was approached by a stranger in a Las Vegas parking lot and asked him to “leave Trump alone.”
- The information that on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s representatives could pay Daniels for silence was published in the Wall Street Journal in 2018. According to the publication, after receiving the money, the actress has pledged not to make public statements about her relationship with the politician.