The former president is hit with another indictment as Fulton County District Attorney Fano Willis brings forward charges in the 2020 election interference probe.
Cohen was reimbursed for the payment
, it was listed by The Trump Organization as legal fees citing a retainer agreement. Prosecutors allege that there was no retainer, and the payments were part of a scheme to stop potentially damaging stories about the Republican from becoming public prior to the 2016 election. "The defendant, Donald J. Trump, falsified New York business records in order to conceal an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 presidential election and other violations of election laws," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy said in April.
In January 2022, Trump returned 15 boxes of records of documents to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, which contained classified materials. Trump was then subpoenaed to hand over all remaining classified materials, with theTrump's legal team then assured that they had handed all remaining classified documents in Trump's possession.
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