A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges. | via philstarlife
In the Republican camp, Trump's allies and sons denounced what they see as a vendetta aimed at derailing his 2024 campaign—while his expected challenger for the party nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, slammed the indictment as"un-American."
"The indictment and arrest of a former president is unique throughout all of American history," Schiff said in a statement."But so too is the unlawful conduct for which Trump has been charged.""I have so many messages coming in that I can't respond...also don't want to spill my champagne," she tweeted while also plugging her #TeamStormy merchandise.
A media scrum quickly gathered outside the district attorney's office, along with a handful of anti-Trump protesters—but the situation was calm overall. The New York investigation is the first to reach a decision on charges out of three major probes into the former president. Detractors worry that if Trump were cleared, it could make it easier to dismiss as a"witch hunt" any future indictment in arguably more serious affairs -- such as Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's election results.
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