Could be Donald Trump closer to be first former president United States of America defendant in a criminal case in the country’s history. This possible accusation is being considered after “The New York Times” statement on Thursday. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Ha guest for trump testify before a grand juryan option often offered to potential defendants before bringing charges against them.
This grand jury, a secret panel, is considering whether there is enough evidence to file a criminal case against Trump regarding payments to silence Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. porn actress This was a 2006 relationship with the then real estate businessman and television star.
Recent events are final reminders. various legal fronts Since November, Trump, a Republican candidate who is also seeking the conservative presidential nomination, has been open 2024.
This special case legally complex and conviction aside, even accusation is not a guarantee. These are your keys.
Daniel’s story
Inside July 2006 Donald Trump and the stage name of porn actress and director Stormy Daniels Stephanie CliffordThey met while attending a Trump celebrity golf tournament. Lake Tahoe. According to a version he gave to ‘InTouch’ magazine in 2011, which was never published at the time, he invited her to dinner in his hotel room and they eventually had sex, which he described as “generic, textbook” sex followed by a mockery of “two little minutes.” . Less than four months have passed since Melania Trump gave birth to Barron Trump.
After that initial meeting, they reunited on other occasions and elsewhere, including in Trump’s private bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to Daniels. The former president has repeatedly denied Having sexual intercourse with Daniels.
2016 campaign
On October 8, 2016, a responsible person ‘National Inquirer’ table He learns that Daniels has released his story to the media. So he and the publication’s editor contacted David Pecker, a personal friend of Trump who offered to help the candidate’s campaign, who was already a Republican in the summer, to identify and suppress negative stories about him. Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. So they put him in contact with an attorney for Daniels. And in the days following Cohen agrees to pay $130,000 to Daniels for keeping quiet.
He doesn’t right away, and Daniels is about to reach an agreement with another publication to tell his story. On October 26, Cohen transferred money from a home equity loan he later admitted fraudulently obtained to a start-up company, which was sent to Daniels.
On November 1, a week before the election, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ reported that the ‘National Enquirer paid $150,000 to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who claimed to have had sex with Trump. Daniels is mentioned in that article only in passing.
disclosures
on January 12 2018Almost a year after Trump took office as president, ‘Daily’ explains payment to Daniels. Initially, Cohen explains that the money came out of his pocket and that neither the Trump Organization nor the campaign had anything to do with it. However, in August of the same year, Cohen pleaded guilty to the federal charges he was facing for, among other things, p.first to Daniels and McDougal. And there Cohen assured them that he was making them “in coordination and under his direction” Trump and “with Influencing elections is the primary goal.
The prosecution also stated Trump later repaid Cohen with several monthly payments.to accept fake invoices listing those payments as alleged legal expenses.
New York example
when democrat Alvin Bragg He was selected to direct in 2021. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office He decided to put his presentation before the grand jury that convened. his predecessor, Cyrus Vance, To investigate Trump’s business activities. But Bragg intensified the investigation into payments to Stormy Daniels, and in January of this year the grand jury was formed, where he demonstrated before witnesses and presented evidence, and Trump is now invited to testify.
It will be Bragg who must decide whether to impeach the ex-president. To do this, it can count on: Alleged falsification of documents this represents counterfeit invoices in which money paid to Daniels is returned to Cohen. But that would just be a mistake, but If it was connected with the intention of committing another crime or concealing another crime, it would be promoted to the category of crime.. Another crime is improper Campaign Donation, Given that the payment to Daniels functions in this way, benefiting his candidacy. This is a unprecedented combination of laws and legal proceedings can be challenged.
It is not certain that Bragg decided to impeach An invitation to Trump to testify before a grand jury is usually only given to prospective defendants (who traditionally tend to refuse to testify). Also, there is no guarantee that the former president can be proven guilty if he is charged. And even if convicted, it would be a crime punishable by a crime. up to four years in prison and not necessarily be sentenced to prison.
Trump response and other cases
The former president reacted on Thursday angrily through your message social network. He denied once again that he had a sexual relationship with Daniels and again talked about an affair. political witch hunt” and report the allegedAs the political weapon of the Ministry of Justicestating that he was trying to harm the third presidential race.
Trump also faces other legal issues and “closeAttorney General’s Office in Fulton County (Georgia) explain whether you have decided to follow the advice of another grand jury there, and file an indictment in a case investigating whether the former president or his associates tried to interfere in the state’s 2020 presidential election. Under investigation by the Ministry of Justice for him irregular use of classified documents and for his role in the attack on the Capitol.