Donald Trump will appear in court

Former President Trump’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, announced that the New York Grand Jury voted to indict Trump as part of the investigation into the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who allegedly engaged in sexual intercourse. extramarital.

Thus, Trump will become the first former US president in US history to appear in court for an accusation against him.

Trump, who is a candidate for the 2024 US presidential election, announced on March 18 that he expected the arrest of the Manhattan district attorney in connection with his investigation, leading to calls for protests.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has argued that she signed an agreement in 2016 for a payment of $130,000 to keep quiet about her sexual relationship with Trump, but that it was invalid because Trump did not sign it. While Trump denied Daniels’ allegations, Michael Cohen, who was Trump’s attorney prior to 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 later reimbursed him about $420,000 in bonuses.

Cohen, who was arrested in December 2018 on charges of lying and tax evasion during the Trump campaign investigation, was sentenced to 3 years in court and sent to federal prison in Otisville in May 2019 to serve his sentence.

In those years, federal prosecutors did not need to launch any investigation against Trump, but the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office did launch the investigation known as hush money. (AA)