Trump indicted for porn star hush money, To face criminal charges

Former US President Donald Trump was indicted in New York on charges involving payments to a porn star made during his 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. It's the first criminal case ever brought against a former US president. The historic indictment of the 76-year-old Republican -- who denies all wrongdoing in connection with the payments made ahead of the election that sent him to the White House -- is certain to upend the current presidential race in which Trump hopes to regain office.

BREAKING: #Trump Indicted By Manhattan Grand Jury.

Grand jury voted Thursday to indict 45th President Donald J. Trump over alleged 'hush money' payment to Stormy Daniels, marking the first time ever a former president has been criminally charged...
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office confirmed that it had contacted Trump's lawyers Thursday evening to "coordinate his surrender" for arraignment in New York -- with the felony charges against him to be revealed at that point. Trump slammed the indictment as "political persecution and election interference," raging against prosecutors and his Democratic opponents and vowing that it would backfire on his successor, President Joe Biden. Trump released a lengthy statement calling the indictment the next step in a leftists' campaign "to destroy the Make America Great Again movement.”According to reprts, Stormy Daniels was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about the sexual encounter with Trump at a celebrity golf outing in Lake Tahoe in 2006. Trump denies having sex with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was paid the hush money in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign after she expressed willingness to make on-the-record statements confirming a sexual encounter with Trump.