![]() ![]() Legally, an indictment does not block him from running. The former president was at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, on Thursday and filmed an interview with a conservative commentator earlier in the day. The timing of the indictment appeared to come as a surprise to Trump campaign officials following news reports that criminal charges were likely weeks away. The 76-year-old Trump has insisted he would continue to seek the Republican nomination even if the grand jury voted to indict. The developments may have significant implications for the 2024 presidential election. Prosecutors have been investigating since Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen admitted in 2018 that he paid Daniels $130,000 before the presidential election to silence her claims about an alleged sexual encounter the two had years earlier. Ever."Īs he has continuously done in the past, Trump once again called the investigation a "Witch-hunt." He went on to go after Bragg, who he called "a disgrace.doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on." "The Democrats have cheated countless times over the decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President, has never happened before. "The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable - indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference," Trump's statement reads. ![]() In a lengthy statement of his own in which he again denied the allegations, Trump echoed the claims his attorneys made, calling the case "Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history." We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in Court." Trump's defense attorneys said in a statement that "He did not commit any crime. ![]() that day.ĭA Bragg left his office Thursday evening without commenting. Trump attorneys told NBC News that the former president is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday, while two sources familiar with the matter said that the tentative plan is for Trump to appear before Judge Juan Merchan after 2:15 p.m. Who Is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney Investigating Trump? What to KnowĪfter the grand jury returned the indictment - which remained sealed as of late Thursday night - a spokesperson for the DA's office said that they had contacted Trump's legal team to coordinate his surrender before the arraignment. ![]() The twice-impeached Trump is the first commander-in-chief in American history to be criminally indicted. It was not clear what charge or charges Trump faces in the indictment, as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has not shared any details on the matter.
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