LAmerica is suspended at the start of the week on the possible criminal indictment, even the very symbolic arrest in New York, of former President Donald Trump for a case of payment before his victory in November 2016 to an actress of pornographic films with who he allegedly had an affair.
For an American president in office or having left the White House, such an indictment would be historic and unprecedented. The Republican billionaire denounces a “witch hunt” led by the Democrats, but his calls to “protest” came up empty on Monday.
The thunderclap of Donald Trump’s possible indictment, more than a year and a half before the 2024 presidential election he dreams of winning, sounded Saturday morning when he said on his Truth Social platform, in capital letters, that he would be “arrested” on Tuesday.
For what ? Citing “leaks” from New York state justice, he expects to be charged with criminal charges following a years-long investigation by Manhattan District Attorneys, led since January 2022. Magistrate Alvin Bragg.
But the New York prosecution has remained silent in recent days and nothing says that the possible indictment will be announced on Tuesday.
New York justice is seeking to determine whether Trump is guilty of misrepresentation, an offense, or breach of campaign finance laws, a criminal offense, by having paid $ 130,000 to this woman, whose real name Stephanie Clifford, in weeks leading up to the November 2016 election.
What purpose ? For her to conceal a supposed extramarital relationship of the billionaire ten years earlier, according to the prosecution.
Michael Cohen, a former lawyer and now an enemy of Trump, who paid Stormy Daniels in 2016, testified last week before a grand jury, a panel of citizens with broad investigative powers and responsible for ratifying an indictment. The actress has, at the very least, cooperated with prosecutors and that same grand jury.
