A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges.
The historic indictment of the 76-year-old Republican – who denies all wrongdoing in connection with the payments made ahead of the election that sent him to the White House – is certain to upend the current presidential race in which Trump hopes to regain office.
Surrendering for arraignment over what CNN has reported could be as many as 30 counts related to business fraud would normally involve being fingerprinted and photographed, potentially even handcuffed. But the top Democrat Adam Schiff -- lead prosecutor of Trump's first impeachment in 2019 -- called it"a sobering and unprecedented development"."The indictment and arrest of a former president is unique throughout all of American history," Schiff said in a statement."But so too is the unlawful conduct for which Trump has been charged.""I have so many messages coming in that I can't respond...
A media scrum quickly gathered outside the district attorney's office, along with a handful of anti-Trump protesters -- but the situation was calm overall. The New York investigation is the first to reach a decision on charges out of three major probes into the former president.
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