Fri 31 March 2023:
Former US President Donald Trump is facing charges in connection with a New York investigation into an alleged hush money payment made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election, according to The New York Times.
According to the newspaper, a New York grand jury voted on Thursday to indict Trump, making him the first former president to face criminal prosecution in US history.
The specific charges are not yet known and the indictment will likely be announced in the coming days, the Times said.
A lawyer for Trump said on Thursday he’s been told that the former president was indicted, The Associated Press also reported, without elaborating further.
The New York investigation centres on a $130,000 payment that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the waning days of the former president’s 2016 campaign.
Trump predicted earlier this month that he would be arrested in connection with the case. In a fiery social media post, he urged his supporters to protest, raising concerns about potential violence, especially in light of a pro-Trump mob storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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