Charges possible as prosecutors invite Trump to testify on Stormy Daniels payment

FPresident or Merit Donald Trump He was invited to testify before the New York Grand Jury about alleged hush funds payments made to star of adult films. Stormy Daniels During the 2016 presidential election.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has several attorneys who are still deciding Invited Trump to testify before a grand jury next week about his business dealings, and whether to press ahead with indicting him. While the grand jury notification may be the most significant indicator that Trump could face criminal prosecution, it could only mean that the state prosecutor has ended his investigation.

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Joseph Tacopina, Trump attorney Telled The Associated Press Prosecutors had no legal basis to bring a case in this matter.

“To me, it’s much ado about nothing,” He stated. “It’s just another example of them weaponizing the justice system against him, and it’s sort of unfair.”

Tacopina did no respond to the Washington Examiner Request for comment. He also did not indicate whether the client wanted to testify. New York’s potential criminal defendants are entitled to testify to grand juries before they are indicted. Individuals rarely accept this offer.

Bragg’s office declined comment regarding the grand jury. This could be the first time that a former president of the United States is facing criminal charges. The Trump invitation indicates that Trump may be charged.

Michael CohenIn 2019, Trump’s ex-lawyer, argued before Congress that he had paid Daniels, an actress and film star, $130,000 in 2016 to stop her speaking out about an affair she alleged to have had with Trump in 2005. Cohen pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to time for the alleged payment.

It is legal to send and receive hush-money payments. New York Times Manhattan prosecutors may argue that the $130,000 was an improper donation to Trump’s 2016 campaign. This theory is what we use.