Trump is settled in Manhattan in alleged hush money case

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Monday, April 3, 2023. Trump arrived in New York on Monday for his expected booking and arraignment the following day on allegations stemming from hush money payments made during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
(Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press)

Trump is settled in Manhattan in alleged hush money case

Sarah D Wire

April 4, 2023

Former President Trump to be settled in New York on Tuesday,

with new details expected over

allegations he faces

originating from

a

n alleged hush money scheme from 2016

and possibly other things.

Former President Trump has been charged with xxxx, according to an indictment unsealed Monday by a New York judge in a case related to an alleged hush money scheme in the days before the 2016 election.

Trump traveled from Florida to New York

on

Monday with his

Secret Service data and

political and legal team

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including newly hired lead attorney Todd Blanche, a leading criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. Supporters and protesters waited for the former president behind steel barricades when he arrived

at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan

.

Trump was dictated to by the Manhattan grand jury last week after an investigation

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a $130,000 payment from his former attorney Michael

D

Cohen on

adult film actor Stormy

Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. The money was allegedly paid to prevent Daniels from publicly saying she was having an affair with Trump.

The former president is accused of

later

hide

a

refund

and further compensation

Cohen through funnels

those payments

by his company and recording the

m

as legal services. Cohen doesn’t

to perform

legal work for Trump while he was in the White House.

Despite the heavy focus on Daniels, the charges could be extended

further in the Trump Organization and possibly

include a separate payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

Cohen, who pleaded guilty

in 2018

crimes related to the

supposedly

silent cash payments

to Daniels

and spent three years in prison, is expected to be a star witness if the case goes to trial. His attorney, Lanny Davis, told CNN on Sunday that Cohen was looking after prosecutors in Manhattan

of

substantial documentation

by

the

payments to

Daniels and McDougal

to support

his testimony.

Trump is expected to be heard on Tuesday

morning

like any other defendant

what might include

a mugshot and fingerprints right before settling around 2:15 p.m. E

asters

. No other legal proceedings

want to

allowed on the same floor as Trump

will appear

before Judge Juan Merchan, and the courtroom is not open to the public. Trump is likely to be released without bail.

The former president has said he plans to return to Florida after the settlement

and is expected to give a speech Tuesday night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach

.

Trump has a history of

expressing unfounded criticism

judges and

i.e

strict

a

lawyers if he has legal problems.

On his Truth Social platform,

Hi

has

called Manhattan Dist. thoughtful Alvin Bragg

who is black,

an animal and racist, and

have so

attacked Merchan, who was overseeing a separate case involving the Trump Organization.

I’m pretty sure he made a racist dog whistle here too, which we should mention in that case

It is unclear whether his legal team will be able to do so

convince Trump to avoid such rhetoric

during the day

are

speech

at Mar-a-Lago

.

On Monday night, Trump unleashed another tirade against Bragg on Truth Social, accusing him of leaking information from the indictment, which had not been unsealed at the time. “This means he MUST BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY. Now if he really wants to clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing and, as a prosecutor, REVOKE HIMSELF,” Trump wrote.

Last month, Trump warned of possible death and destruction if dictated, and of law enforcement

agencies

are on high alert in New York and across the country. President Biden told reporters on Monday that he is confident

NYC

police can handle any unrest.

Trump has announced a 2024 campaign for president, and his Republican allies have tried to portray Bragg’s investigation as a politically motivated attempt to interfere in the election. the

trial research

started in 2018, but was repeatedly put on the back burner by others

prosecutors

.

The former chairman

is

So

facing separate federal investigations into his alleged involvement in the 2020 election interference by his supporters and the January 6, 2021 Capitol bombing, along with his handling of classified documents after his term in office.

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by US Atty in November. Gen. Merrick Garland has convened grand juries to hear witnesses in both federal investigations, most recently including members of Trump’s Secret Service. Trump

so faces

possible potential

allegations of interference in state-level elections in Georgia.

Fulton County Dist. attentive Fani Willis is considering possible charges related to Trump’s attempts to change Georgia election results after the 2020 election.

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