Former US President Donald Trump expects to be arrested today, Tuesday.
The case involves Trump and a porn actress by Stormy Danielsproperly named by Stephanie Clifford, to the alleged sexual relationship. Trump allegedly paid Daniels to keep quiet about the affair before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump told about it (you will switch to another service) in the social media service he owns called Truth Social. Trump denied that he was guilty of a crime and in his message called on his supporters to “protest” and “take back the nation”.
According to Trump, it is a political “witch hunt”. He wrote (you are switching to another service)that the case is being prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should be accused of “meddling in the presidential election”.
Trump’s arrest has been expected in recent weeks, as District Attorney Bragg recently informed Trump’s lawyers that criminal charges may be filed against the former president. Earlier this year, the district attorney’s office began reviewing the evidence in the case with the jury.
However, the district attorney’s office has not confirmed that an indictment would be filed against Trump today, Tuesday.
However, preparations have begun in New York, where riot fences were erected in front of the courthouse on Monday.
At the center of the lawsuit is Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohenwho paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for keeping his mouth shut.
Trump reimbursed Cohen from his company. Trump is suspected of falsely registering the expenses as legal expenses in his company.
In 2018, Cohen was sentenced to prison for misusing Trump’s campaign money. Cohen, who is now acting as a witness in the case, has said that he received an order to pay the bribe from Trump himself. Trump’s by (you switch to another service) Cohen is a “serial liar”.
Trump is raining lawsuits
This is just one of many ongoing lawsuits against Trump. However, it gives an indication of what kind of battle lies ahead if more serious charges than the New York case are brought against Trump.
The most significant of the legal cases are related to the 2021 coup attempt, the top-secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago and Trump’s attempt to change the election result of the presidential election in the state of Georgia.
The legal investigation of the coup attempt is ongoing, and the Ministry of Justice is responsible for it. The investigation has been ongoing for several months, and the Justice Department has already filed hundreds of charges against those involved in the congressional attack.
Whether charges will be brought against Trump and if, when, is still unclear. The congressional committee investigating the coup attempt recommended the charges be dropped last year after concluding an investigation into Trump’s actions.
However, Attorney General Merrick Garland has so far refrained from bringing charges against the former president. One reason for caution is the concern that the charges would appear political.
The Justice Department’s second investigation against Trump concerns top-secret documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago. In August, the FBI conducted an investigation in which, according to media reports, documents related to, for example, nuclear weapons were found in Trump’s possession, despite the fact that the Justice Department had demanded Trump return the documents on several occasions.
The case is complicated by the fact that the FBI recently discovered the president as well Joe Biden state secret documents from a civilian home in Delaware that apparently ended up in Biden’s garage after his vice presidency ended.
The last major investigation concerns Trump’s attempt to change the election result of the state of Georgia after Biden narrowly won the state. For example, the state prosecutor is investigating the Trump campaign’s attempt to appoint its own electors instead of Biden’s electors as the state’s electors. So far, it is unclear whether the investigation targets the actions of Trump or only his inner circle.
All three of the most significant investigations could lead to prison sentences. Depending on the exact criminal convictions, it is also possible that Trump could no longer run for public office.
How is Trump’s election campaign going?
For Trump, the possible arrest is an opportunity to turn attention to his own presidential campaign, which he began in the fall.
However, several investigations weigh on the campaign. Trump is still the most popular hypothetical candidate among Republican voters according to a recently published opinion poll (you will switch to another service).
Trump’s toughest rival within the Republican Party is the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, which has not yet officially started its campaign. DeSantis is considered to be particularly popular with the Republican elite, and he receives a lot of positive publicity on, for example, talk shows on the conservative Fox television channel.
In the discussions held by Republican voters around the United States in recent months, many voters have hoped that Trump would step aside, partly precisely because of the legal cases.
Over the weekend, Trump’s team pressed DeSantis to react to Trump’s possible arrest. On Monday, DeSantis finally commented on the case, accusing New York prosecutors of a political attack. At the press conference, DeSantis sidestepped questions about what his role would be in forcing Trump to New York.
In his comment, DeSantis would also starve Trump by stating that he himself does not know what is going on in a situation where a porn star has to be paid to keep quiet.
Trump responded to Trump’s tirade on his own Truth social channel by mocking DeSantis and saying that maybe he will understand in time if “illegal accusations” are made against him, coming from “possibly former classmates who are possibly minors.”
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