How a Manhattan Grand Jury Considers Indicting Former President Donald Trump as soon as next weekhis lawyer Joe Tacopina confirmed New York Daily News AND Insiders which they would hand over to the authorities without complications.
Manhattan detectives were investigating Trump over the alleged mailing $130,000 in quiet money by Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress who accused Trump of having an affair with her in 2006. Trump has repeatedly called the investigation “witch hunt.”
to Trump a potential indictment would mark the first time a former president and a leading presidential candidate were indicted. Trump he announced last year, he was expected to seek re-election in 2024.
“If it gets to that point, we’ll go through a normal procedure,” Tacopina said Insiders. Normal white-collar impeachment procedure requires Trump to turn himself in to the District Attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan at a prearranged date and time without handcuffs. Insiders previously reported.
“There will be no confrontation in Mar-a-Lago with the Secret Service and the Manhattan district attorney’s office,” Tacopina said. Daily news.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws over his involvement in the payments. Cohen spent a year behind bars before being released is serving the remainder of his three-year sentence from home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Unsealed judicial documents during Cohen’s investigation into the matter it showed that Trump was aware and involved payment to Daniels and another woman.
Trump is confronting numerous legal issues with various charges — including his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot and illegal possession of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Tacopina’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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