A grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump over hush money allegedly paid to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Mr Trump has denied any wrongdoing. Read more:
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The 76-year-old, sought re-election in 2020 but was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden. Mr Trump has falsely claimed he lost to Mr Biden due to widespread voting fraud and has called the investigation that led to his indictment a "political witch hunt." Mr Bragg's office last year won the criminal conviction of the businessman-turned-politician's real estate company.
Federal prosecutors examined the Daniels payoff in 2018, leading to a prison sentence for Cohen but no charges against Mr Trump. Mr Trump on 18 March wrote on social media that he had expected to be arrested on 21 March and urged his supporters to protest to "take our nation back," reminiscent of his exhortations ahead of the 6 January 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Mr Trump in 2018 initially disputed knowing anything about the payment to Ms Daniels. He later acknowledged reimbursing Cohen for the payment, which he called a "simple private transaction." The US Supreme Court in 2021 rejected her bid to revive a defamation lawsuit she brought against Trump over a Twitter post in which he accused her of a "con job" after she described being threatened over publicising her account of a sexual relationship with him. Lower courts had thrown out her suit.
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