The American Washington Post revealed that former US President Donald Trump was charged, saying that his aides did not expect the prosecution in New York to take this step, especially at the present time, but things went in a way that they did not take into account. .
New York prosecutors charged Trump with buying pornographic actress Stormy Daniels’ silence during the campaign for the 2016 presidential election.
And the “Washington Post” reported that someone spoke to Trump days before the accusation was filed, and found that he was optimistic about the case, and even joked about it, speaking about putting “golden handcuffs” on his hands.
Trump and his aides had expected that the accusation would not be brought in the near term, or not at all, given the consequences of the decision on the situation in the United States.
And there are fears in the country that Trump’s appearance before the court will anger his supporters, who consider the court’s decisions against him a mere conspiracy by the Democrats.
Trump has become the first US president, former or current, to face a criminal charge from the court, while he is expected to appear next Tuesday, when fingerprints will be taken for him, and handcuffs may be placed on his hands.
But Trump’s legal team was not completely dismissing interest, so he was preparing statements to respond to the allegation, in order to launch accusations of targeting and the like, especially against Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who is likely to have been among the major reasons behind Trump’s current “trouble”.
David Durban, a former Trump adviser who is not involved in his campaign for the presidency in 2024, said the indictment came as a surprise to everyone.
What’s more, lawyers working with Trump were tending to take days off in the current period, because they expected no remarkable development to happen within the next few weeks, but their estimate was wrong, according to two people from Trump’s circle who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity.
Criminal accusations for more than two centuries, but this matter is part of the past.
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The New York Times wrote that this accusation will have its aftermath, and other lawsuits and accusations against Trump may follow, because the road is paved, at the present time, and there is no longer a “judicial embarrassment” in charging a former president.
But unprecedented things happened a lot with Trump’s accession to power, according to the “New York Times”, while the former president is described as the person coming to the White House from outside the institution, with a speech described as populist and unconventional.
And former US presidents remained free from accusations, even if they were involved in scandals, as happened in the case of “Watergate” with President Richard Nixon.
Questions arise about the consequences of the accusation, how it will be viewed, and whether the world will receive it with admiration because it is an indication that there is no person above the law, even if it is related to a former president.
On the other hand, questions may arise as to whether the accusation is similar to common behavior in non-democratic countries where presidents imprison their predecessors.
Breaking the taboo
Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith says that whether Trump will be charged with a subpoena or not, the most important thing is that a broad line has been crossed, whether at the level of US politics or at the level of US legal history.
The filing of this accusation is being seen as a prelude to what will follow, and Trump may find himself facing a second accusation in the state of Georgia, and it is likely that the matter will develop into a third or even a fourth accusation.
