Trump calls for the removal of prosecutors investigating him
Former US President Trump has harshly criticized 4 district attorneys who are investigating him on his social media site, Truth Social.
Arguing that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who investigated allegations that he paid the porn star in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement, was “dangerous to the country,” Trump said Bragg and Jack Smith, Letitia James and Fani Willis should be fired immediately. .
In his post, Trump used the term “radical mad bomber” for Smith, the former attorney general who was appointed as a special expert in the “confidential documents” and “January 6 congressional raid” investigations conducted against him, while that New York Attorney General Letitia James, who investigates tax irregularities at Trump companies, said “the country’s raid claimed he was “the worst attorney general.”
Accusing Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis, who is investigating illegal interference in the 2020 presidential election, of “trying to make perfect phone calls to destroy America,” Trump said Willis is “someone who dominates the scene.” of America’s most violent crime and does nothing about it. she used the phrase.
On March 18, Trump, again on his social media account, said, “He could be arrested Tuesday” over the investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Bragg, and asked his supporters for support.
At Trump’s call, the NYPD increased security in front of the district attorney’s office and courthouse and around Trump’s buildings.
The grand jury, which has reviewed the evidence from the investigation, is expected to decide on March 27 whether to convict Trump.
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Porn star Stormy Daniels claimed that she signed an agreement in 2016 for a payment of $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged sexual relationship with Trump, but argued that the agreement was invalid because it was not signed by Trump.
While Trump denied Daniels’ allegations, Michael Cohen, who was Trump’s attorney before the 2016 election campaign, confirmed that he paid Daniels $130,000 from his own account on Trump’s behalf.
Cohen claimed that Trump’s companies then reimbursed him about $420,000, with bonuses.
Arrested in December 2018 on charges of “lying” and “tax evasion” in the investigation into Trump’s election campaign, Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison in court and sent to Otisville federal prison in May 2019 for serve his sentence.
In those years, federal prosecutors did not need to launch any investigation against Trump, while the Manhattan district attorney’s office initiated what is known as the “closing payment.” (AA)