Trump warns of 'death and destruction' if he is indicted over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels
Donald Trump has warned of "death and destruction" if he is indicted over claims he paid hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels.Mr Trump's lawyers allegedly paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about their affair over six years ago.
However, he has denied ever having an affair with her, calling the payment a "simple private transaction" and the investigation politically motivated. It comes after New York prosecutors probing the payment said they would not be intimidated by the former US president. He wrote on his Truth Social platform shortly after midnight on Friday: "What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our...
He suggested in a separate post that there could be "years of hatred, chaos, and turmoil" if he is arrested and previously called on his supporters to protest in response to the inquiry.
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