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Donald Trump to be arrested over payments to Stormy Daniels

Donald Trump to be arrested  over payments to Stormy Daniels
Published 2 years ago on Mar 18, 2023

It comes more than six years after Trump's lawyers paid Daniels a total of $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair, with New York prosecutors considering if he should face charges. Trump denies the affair and knowledge of the payments.

Trump claimed on his Truth Social account that the Manhattan DA's office will arrest him within days and branded the probe 'corrupt and highly political', calling the alleged hush money payment an 'old and fully debunked fairy-tale.'

Last week the former president and 2024 hopeful was invited to testify before a Manhattan grand jury, with his long-time fixer and former lawyer Michael Cohen testifying on Monday.

If Trump's claims are true, it would make him the first former president ever to face criminal charges. His post came hours after it was claimed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was planning on indicting Trump next week.

Cohen served jail time after pleading guilty in two criminal cases, one of which included using campaign finances in relation to Daniels and another woman who allegedly had an affair with Trump.

He said he had been acting at his command and that the payoffs were supposed to keep the affair stories out of public knowledge before the 2016 election. Trump has admitted reimbursing Cohen

Daniels met with prosecutors on Wednesday to answer further questions in the case and her lawyer, Clark Brewster, said she would also make herself available as a witness in future, if required.

Cohen has also indicated he's given the grand jury damning testimony that implicates Trump. He testified for three hours on Monday.

Speaking beforehand, he said: 'This is all about accountability. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds.'

Speculation that charges were imminent also increased when Bragg told Trump's team that the former president could testify before the grand jury if he so chose -a notification usually at the end of a process that could mean an indictment is near.

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It comes more than six years after Trump's lawyers paid Daniels a total of $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair, with New York prosecutors considering if he should face charges. Trump denies the affair and knowledge of the payments.

Trump claimed on his Truth Social account that the Manhattan DA's office will arrest him within days and branded the probe 'corrupt and highly political', calling the alleged hush money payment an 'old and fully debunked fairy-tale.'

Last week the former president and 2024 hopeful was invited to testify before a Manhattan grand jury, with his long-time fixer and former lawyer Michael Cohen testifying on Monday.

If Trump's claims are true, it would make him the first former president ever to face criminal charges. His post came hours after it was claimed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was planning on indicting Trump next week.

Cohen served jail time after pleading guilty in two criminal cases, one of which included using campaign finances in relation to Daniels and another woman who allegedly had an affair with Trump.

He said he had been acting at his command and that the payoffs were supposed to keep the affair stories out of public knowledge before the 2016 election. Trump has admitted reimbursing Cohen

Daniels met with prosecutors on Wednesday to answer further questions in the case and her lawyer, Clark Brewster, said she would also make herself available as a witness in future, if required.

Cohen has also indicated he's given the grand jury damning testimony that implicates Trump. He testified for three hours on Monday.

Speaking beforehand, he said: 'This is all about accountability. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds.'

Speculation that charges were imminent also increased when Bragg told Trump's team that the former president could testify before the grand jury if he so chose -a notification usually at the end of a process that could mean an indictment is near.

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