The former tenant of the White House is expected to be formally charged in the coming days by the New York State Court and its Manhattan attorney, Alvin Bragg, for the payment of $ 130,000 to the actress and film director pornographic Stormy Danielsreports in particular the New York Times and CNN. This sum would have been paid to the actress to keep quiet about a supposed extramarital relationship 10 years earlier.
Beyond the scandal represented by this alleged relationship, for years, justice has sought to determine whether the 76-year-old former Republican president was guilty of false declarations, a minor offense, or breach of the laws on the election financing, a criminal offence. This is one of the legal thorns in the side of the former president, who dreams of ” regain the White House in November 2024.
Donald Trump’s claims of a supposed “arrest” in mid-March
The press was buzzing with rumors in early March of a possible indictment of the Republican billionaire. He had pulled off a political stunt on March 18 by claiming without any evidence on his Truth Social network that he would be “ stopped and would appear in New York court three days later to be charged. But nothing had happened. The country waited 10 days for this possible indictment, a historic fact against a former American president.
For his part, Donald Trump, who denies “ any misdemeanor ” and any connection with Stormy Daniels, had estimated Sunday and Monday that the investigation was “ death “, a “ scam ” and an “ election interference “orchestrated by” thugs before the 2024 presidential election.
The upcoming indictment of Donald Trump, a first for a US presidential candidate, plunges his 2024 campaign into uncertainty. The main risk for the candidate Trump is to alienate the moderate Republican electorate and the independents.
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