Key highlights
- Donald Trump, the former president of the United States of America will today appear before a criminal court in Manhattan.
- He is being charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
- The charges relate to a payment he allegedly made to Stormy Daniels a porn star, in 2016 during his campaign.
Donald Trump, the immediate past president of the United States of America will be arraigned today.
Trump is being charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on alleged criminal charges.
He will be arraigned before Justice Juan Merchan of the criminal court in Manhattan, the New York State Supreme courthouse in lower Manhattan.
Trump’s indictment
Last week, Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan.
The charges relate to a payment he allegedly made to Stormy Daniels a porn star, in 2016 during his campaign in exchange for her keeping quiet.
Trump’s indictment will be the first criminal indictment of a former president in the United States.
Reaction to the indictment
Following his indictment, the former U.S. president released a statement saying it was Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.
He noted that he was optimistic that the witch hunt will backfire on the Current U.S President Joe Biden
He said “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement. You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this.
“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.
“Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done? 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. Ever.Â
“Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace. Rather than stop the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City, he’s doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries, and assaults he should be focused on. This is how Bragg spends his time!
“I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.” Trump wrote.
About Trump
Trump is the 45th president of the United States. He was president between 2017 to 2021 when he lost reelection to Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
I have no doubt that this is a witch-hunt and a ploy to get the investigation ongoing on Biden’s crime family out of the news. I mean, even Hilary Clinton has done worse, yet no arrest. Also, this is a bogus charge. Who gets jailed for paying hush-money to a porn star?