The former US president faces a 4-year prison sentence for criminally paying a sum of money to a call girl during the 2016 campaign, but refuses to appear to defend himself before a New York grand jury , next week.
By Maurin Picard
IHe had slammed the door in September 2019, furious at the judicial investigation opened against him: it was the end of a long and tumultuous story between Donald Trump and New York. Of course, the ex-real estate developer from Queens kept his 58-storey eponymous bronze tower at 725 Fifth Avenue, but Florida became his main residence. Insufficient, however, to escape the clutches of Big Apple prosecutors for long: on Thursday, the office of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg invited the 45th president of the United States to appear before a grand jury next week to defend himself against charges against him.
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