USA: who are the four main characters of the accusation against Donald Trump?

Former US President Donald Trump will appear in court on Tuesday to hear the allegations against him. New York Attorney’s Office for an alleged irregular payment in 2016 to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence and not publicize their sexual encounter in 2006, though he denies it.

DONALD TRUMP, DEFENDANT

Although the charges against the former president have yet to be revealed, several sources have indicated that there may be thirty, all related to the alleged irregular payment of $130,000 to Daniels.

This money transfer was made weeks before the 2016 presidential election, ostensibly so that publicity would not jeopardize Trump’s ambition to reach White House.

Similarly, prosecutors allege that the money came from campaign funds, which is denied by the businessman’s defense, who argue that the payment was made from his own funds.

Trump admitted in 2018 that he had paid the money to the actress, but insisted that it did not come from his voting machine, but from his personal checkbook. “They did not come from a campaign. They came from me. In fact, the first thing I asked was if they were from the campaign (because) it could be a little iffy,” he said at the time.

However, the fact that the payment was made to avoid political influence in the election could turn it into campaign spending.

Stormy Daniels, pornstar

Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was born in Baton Rouge, Louisana, in March 1979 and is considered by many to be the perfect fit for Trump, who can handle him with the same self-importance, sarcasm, and insolence.

Daniels, who has a long acting career in the porn world, claims she had a brief sexual relationship with Trump while playing golf in 2006, when the former president was already married to Melania, whom he wanted to exploit financially. first in 2011 and then in 2016.

When Daniels was looking for a vehicle to sell his exclusive in 2016, the then-lawyer Donald Trump Michael Cohengave him $130,000 in exchange for keeping his story a secret.

However, their relationship came to light in 2018, and since then, Daniels has been waging an ongoing dialectical and legal battle with Trump and trying to capitalize on it by publishing a book, selling promotional merchandise, or launching a national tour. baptized as “Make America Horny Again”, which can be translated as “Make America Hot Again”.

MICHAEL COHEN, KHULIN LAWYER AGAINST HIS OWNER

Michael Cohenwho in 2017 went so far as to confirm in an interview with Vanity Fair that he was “a guy who would take a bullet for the president” and a year later pleaded guilty in front of federal court to violating campaign finance rules at a “presidential candidate’s request “, i.e. Donald Trump.

In addition, he admitted that he managed to make two payments ahead of the presidential election, one of $130,000 to Daniels and another of $150,000 to Playboy model Karen McDougal, and to prevent her from revealing her alleged relationship with Trump.

Nicknamed the tycoon’s “pit bull”, Cohen has been involved with Trump since 2007, when he joined the Trump Organization, eventually becoming his personal legal counsel, a position in which his commitment exceeded the practice normally expected of a lawyer.

“If you do something wrong (against Trump), I will come for you: I will grab you by the neck and will not let go until I am done,” he continued. interview with ABC.

ALVIN BRAGG, THE FIRST ATTORNEY TO PLANT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON THE DOC.

Alvin Braggblack and Democratic Partybegan his tenure as New York Attorney on January 1, 2022, following the imprisonment of his predecessor, Cyrus Vance, who also gained notoriety for the Trump investigation.

In November 2022, it was revealed that Bragg, who worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, had reopened an investigation into former President Trump’s role in paying money to Daniels, a case his predecessor closed.

Since Trump announced last month that his impeachment was a matter of days, Bragg has received all sorts of threats, including a white powder envelope sent to the prosecutor’s office, which were later revealed to be harmless.

Similarly, she was the target of verbal attacks and abuse from Trump supporters and the businessman himself, who, after learning that the accusation was effective, lambasted her on his Truth Social platform.

“They brought this false, corrupt and shameful accusation against me just because I am on the side of the American people,” he wrote, “and they know that there will be no fair trial against me. NY”Trump wrote, who did not hesitate to call the New York Attorney’s office corrupt.

(EFE)