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For most people, getting indicted is a setback. From Donald Trump's team, it's viewed as an opportunity. Aides to the former president moved aggressively on ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence — who is debating his own 2024 challenge of Trump — called the indictment an “outrage” during a pre-scheduled interview with CNN. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel called the news “a blatant abuse of power from a DA focused on political vengeance instead of keeping people safe.” And in a pre-recorded video message, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the indictment “wrong” and said the country was “skating on thin ice.” Unsatisfied with that Truth Social post, Trump deleted it and replaced it with another that went even further, not only suggesting without evidence DeSantis could be faced with allegations from not only a woman but a man, too, and that it could also come from someone “underage.” Both he and his advisers were blindsided by it, people close to the former president say. The effort underscores how Trump’s team believes it can turn the indictment into a campaign positive, at least in the short term. There will be more, advisers say: Trump’s team has convened a small army of lawyers and surrogates, who are set to pepper the airwaves in the coming days with campaign-approved talking points.

The relationship between the former president and the network had cooled but Fox offered a full-throated defence of Trump on Thursday night.

“The rule of law is suspended tonight,” Carlson announced gravely. From the start, he said, “Washington elites” had been working to stop Trump becoming president again. Fox News’ owner, Rupert Murdoch, said several of the network’s top stars “endorsed” Trump’s false claims, and later added: “I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight,” according to a deposition in the case. his poll numbers have gone up with this and I just think this is gonna make sure he’s going to be on the ticket,” one commentator said in the moments after the news broke. Evidence put forward in that case revealed what many at the top of Fox truly think of Trump, driving a wedge between the former president and the network that helped to catapult him into the White House. After reporting for weeks that Trump’s indictment was imminent, the news – when it did arrive – seemed to take Fox’s panel of experts by surprise.

A grand jury has voted to criminally indict Donald Trump, the first time in US history that this has happened to a former president.

[fingerprinted](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/30/donald-trump-indicted-stormy-daniels-hush-money), photographed and processed for a felony arrest. It reported that the memo instructed officers to be aware of “unusual disorder” duties. Multiple sources close to the former president have said he [wanted to be handcuffed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/trump-wants-to-be-handcuffed-for-court-appearance-in-stormy-daniels-case-sources-say)when he appears in court. Mike Pence, a potential Trump rival for the presidential nomination, said the indictment sends a “terrible message” about the US justice system to the world. Trump was in Mar-a-Lago when it was announced. “I can’t get a fair trial in New York”, he wrote on Truth Social.

A New York grand jury has indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, making him the first ...

"But so too is the unlawful conduct for which Trump has been charged." Mr Trump, who is seen to be the frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 election, has branded all of the investigations political persecution. In predicting his indictment, Mr Trump also issued a call for demonstrations and dark warnings that it could lead to "potential death & destruction" that "could be catastrophic for our Country". "The indictment and arrest of a former president is unique throughout all of American history," Mr Schiff said in a statement. But the top Democrat Adam Schiff - lead prosecutor of Mr Trump's first impeachment in 2019 - called it "a sobering and unprecedented development". The historic indictment of the 76-year-old Republican - who denies all wrongdoing in connection with the payments made ahead of the election that sent him to the White House - is certain to upend the current presidential race in which Mr Trump hopes to regain office.

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business ...

He has also lashed out at Mr Bragg, calling the prosecutor, who is black, racist against white people. Mr Bragg’s predecessor as district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr, then took up the investigation in 2019. The former president was at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, on Thursday and filmed an interview with a conservative commentator earlier in the day. The people, who could not publicly discuss security details, said Mr Trump is expected to surrender early next week. Over several months, Mr Cohen said, the company paid him 420,000 dollars. They did not say whether they intended to seek prison time in the event of a conviction, a development that would not prevent Mr Trump from seeking and assuming the presidency.

Trump is the first former president of the United States to be charged with a crime.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who is a possible rival to Mr Trump for the Republican Party presidential nomination, said his state would not assist in any request by authorities in New York to extradite the former president given what he described as the “questionable circumstances at issue”. The indictment comes at a time when Mr Trump is the front-runner to secure the Republican Party nomination to run for the White House in the 2024 presidential election. Mr Trump is the first former president of the United States to be charged with a crime.

Former US President Donald Trump is being charged with a crime. Here is what the case is about.

He is accused of falsifying his business records by saying the payment was for legal fees. If any of the charges are serious - what in the US is called a felony - then Mr Trump would face a maximum of four years in prison. Mr Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid her $130,000 to keep quiet. There are reports that will be on Tuesday. Yes, there's nothing in the US constitution to prevent Mr Trump from continuing his election campaign now he is being charged. Former US President Donald Trump is being charged with a crime in relation to a payment he made to a porn star.

Trump, 76, has faced a mountain of litigation and several overlapping investigations since he lost in the 2020 presidential election. The Manhattan criminal ...

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Sources say former president and aides thought prosecutors were reconsidering legal action and were taken by surprise by the announcement.

Trump later reimbursed Cohen with $35,000 checks, and Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal charges over the money. “This is fake news, and NBC is one of the worst. Though Trump had indicated that he expected to be one of the first people to be told if he was charged in the hush money case, the sources said, when the news actually arrived, Trump appears to have been one of the very last people to find out. It’s a fake investigation,” Trump said. But in private, Trump was more subdued as he took in the significance of becoming the first sitting or former president to be charged and the changed reality of operating under the threat of an eventual criminal trial, several sources close to him said. But that optimism proved to be misplaced when Trump was alerted at Mar-a-Lago to the indictment by his advisers, some of whom had decided to return to Washington after growing tired of waiting with him for several weeks for charges to materialize.

Republicans unleashed rage at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after the grand jury voted on Thursday afternoon for the indictment. GOP defends Trump, ...

Overhaul](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/biden-irs-overhaul-taxes.html), from Alan Rappeport at The New York Times [Senate’s Push for Fed Transparency Gains Support After Bank Failures](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-30/senate-s-fed-transparency-push-gains-steam-after-bank-failures), from Zach C. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is slated to return to work the week the Senate returns from the two-week Easter and Passover recess. [Gisele Fetterman says ‘vicious attacks’ poured in after husband’s hospitalization](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/30/gisele-john-fetterman-attacks/), from Amy B. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who is recovering from shingles. He will be able to avail himself of the legal system and a jury, not politics, to determine his fate according to the facts and the law,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement on Thursday night. No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. DEBT BACKUP PLAN — The “five families” among House Republicans met in one room with a bunch of pizza and a lot to say about President Joe Biden and the impending debt ceiling. A DIFFERENT INDICTMENT — A grand jury has indicted the man suspected of assaulting Rep. - “The grand jury has acted upon the facts and the law. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in a statement. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) seemed to offer a wish list for Bragg, referencing the fate of another DA: “Wonder if DA Bragg remembers Durham DA Mike Nifong who withheld exculpatory DNA tests on the Duke lacrosse players. The historic indictment of former President Donald Trump last night, in some ways, let Congress off the hook.

As the first former US president to face criminal charges, Donald Trump will also be the first to be fingerprinted, taken for a mugshot and brought before a ...

"The bedrock of our legal system is the principle that justice applies to everyone equally," Democratic Senator Cory Booker said in a statement. "Please make a contribution - of truly any amount - to defend our movement from the never-ending witch hunts and WIN the WHITE HOUSE in 2024," read a campaign email that included Mr Trump's press release on the indictment. The political fallout could ultimately depend on the course it tracks - and whether this case is joined by others. "This is really prosecutorial misconduct," Mr Trump said of the New York City district attorney's inquiry. The Democratic National Committee's press secretary tried to link Mr Trump and his legal troubles to the former president's "Make America Great Again" movement and the Republican Party as a whole. "The weaponisation of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head," he wrote.

Attorney Joe Tacopina says 'I feel the rule of law died yesterday' but says client will not be handcuffed for New York arraignment.

“I’m sure they’ll try to get every ounce of publicity from this thing,” Tacopina said. Tacopina outlined what could happen: the courthouse will close as Trump arrives, Trump will appear in front of a judge and plead not guilty. “This is unprecedented in this country’s history.

Joe Tacopina added he expected the charges — the first criminal indictment in history of an ex-US president — to relate to payments to buy the silence of porn ...

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With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross. Former President Donald Trump standing in front of a blue curtain. At 7:15 last night, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg ...

HOLLYWOODLAND — The trailer is out for David Mandel’s new HBO show, “White House Plumbers,” featuring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as E. Rep. [“In Arrest of American Reporter, Russia Doubles Down on Isolation From West,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/europe/russia-putin-gershkovich-arrest.html) by NYT’s Anton Troianovski: “[T]he Kremlin took a step with no precedent since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Carmack is expected to be a top national security adviser on DeSantis’ campaign — and he’s more hawk than skeptic. BRIAN KEMP — no friend of Trump’s — and found excitement and enthusiasm among state legislators and local party officials, [“Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/arts/mark-russell-piano-playing-political-satirist-dies-at-90.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) by NYT’s Robert McFadden: He was “a master of political satire who stood at a star-spangled piano and kept the cognoscenti in stitches for six decades with musical parodies and professorial tomfoolery that tweaked politicians and captured the silly side of Washington … [Jonathan Lemire](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/30/trump-indicted-forces-00089840): “In a series of discussions, senior White House aides have debated how to respond to a possible charge. Instead of ordering political hit jobs, New York prosecutors should focus on getting violent criminals off the streets.” (h/t The Hill’s Al Weaver) [DeSantis](https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1641575007552778243): “The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head. [Alex Isenstadt and Meridith McGraw](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/30/team-trump-post-indictment-frenzy-00089884): “For most people, getting indicted is a setback. — Security in NYC will be tight. [special breaking-news edition](https://www.politico.com/amp/news/agenda/2023/03/30/pbdd-03-31-2023-00089881) of Playbook Deep Dive last night, bringing together three of POLITICO’s best — Politics Bureau Chief Jonathan Martin, Trump beatster Meridith McGraw, and NYC legal correspondent Erica Orden — to answer some of the immediate questions presented by Trump’s indictment and discuss what comes next in court and on the campaign trail.

Joe Tacopina says his client is "ready to fight" and warns the grand jury indictment has "wide-reaching ramifications" that "endangers the rule of law for ...

He added: "His knees don't buckle. He argued the decision to indict Trump will have "wide-reaching ramifications" and one that "endangers the rule of law for all Americans". It's not going to happen. There's no crime." Donald Trump's lawyer has said the former president's "knees don't buckle" and there is "zero" chance he will take a plea deal in the face of historic criminal charges. Joe Tacopina says his client is "ready to fight" and warns the grand jury indictment has "wide-reaching ramifications" that "endangers the rule of law for all Americans".

This isn't the Trump indictment we wanted, but it might be the one we deserve.

“No one is above the law” is something prosecutors like to say a lot; but the large-scale impunity for the rich and powerful indicates that they don’t quite believe it. A grand jury in Georgia is investigating a phone call he made to the secretary of state there in the wake of the 2020 election, seemingly imploring the official to facilitate election fraud in his favor; at the justice department, a series of investigations into the January 6 riot, which disrupted the transfer of power and left six people dead, are proceeding at a glacial pace. And in the waning days of what was a chaotic and flailing election, this was scrutiny that the Trump campaign could not afford. Why have the lawyer pay personally – an unusual and inappropriate arrangement – especially in an amount that was large for Michael Cohen but should have been small for his alleged billionaire of a boss? Trump denies Daniels’ allegations, but in retrospect, with the hindsight of what we’ve come to learn of him, the scene she recounts is almost unbearably true to his character: the gathering of low-rent celebrities, the paltry quid pro quo offer, the golf and the sad, adolescent fantasy of sex with a porn star. Cohen fronted the money himself; initially, he seems to have taken out a line of credit on his own house.

In return for a titillating story of sexual humiliation, those who despise Trump have allowed his real crimes to be overshadowed.

To put it a little more crudely, he could screw the entire cast and crew of a porn movie, and screen the tapes in cinemas nationwide, and they would not care. All the evidence – most obviously the way “Pussygate” proved to be of no electoral consequence – is that Trump was right when he said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and his fans would still vote for him. And it trivialises the immensely serious state of American democracy. What is against the law, certainly, is the way Trump’s repayment of the $130,000 to Cohen was falsely accounted for. Where is there any shred of evidence that Trump’s supporters – even the supposedly devout Christians – were at all repelled by his sleazy sex life? However many layers of law and politics are laid on top of it, it’s the bad sex that sells it, the prurience that inflates it to historic status. It’s just another lurid reality TV show, in which the core reality is a humdrum cooking of the books. I’m happy to take her word for it, though of course that is all we will ever have. It is, for all of us who hate Trump, a form of self-gratification. It is possibly the smallest fraud that Trump ever engaged in. Only $80,000 actually reached the bank account of Daniels’s husband, Glen Crain (a rock drummer and, yes, another former porn star), which was used to hide it from potential future scrutiny. In the grand tradition of finding the Irish angle on everything, I offer you Stormy Daniels’s horse.

Republicans line up to support ex-president as Democrats hope for more charges – and one man's one-word judgment.

Sebastian Gorka, a former Trump administration official, called for the former president’s supporters to “peacefully protest” against the indictment. “This is a time of sorting,” Gorka said on former Trump strategist Steve Bannon’s War Room broadcast. He framed the indictment as an abuse of power and part of a wider conspiracy pushed by his political opponents since he “came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower” to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2015. No one is above the law.” Nancy Pelosi, who presided over the House as speaker during both of Trump’s impeachments, said: “The grand jury has acted upon the facts and the law. There were also appeals for calm, after the president’s threat last week that an indictment could bring “possible death and destruction”. The White House declined to comment on the indictment of Biden’s predecessor and potential opponent in 2024. “And it appears for millions of Americans to be nothing more than a political prosecution.” Some Democrats welcomed, even celebrated, Trump’s reversal of fortune after decades of legal scrutiny and years of efforts to hold him accountable for a presidency that they say shattered democratic norms. “As he routinely frees violent criminals to terrorize the public, he weaponized our sacred system of justice against President Donald Trump,” McCarthy said. A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney’s office confirmed the indictment and said prosecutors were working with the president’s legal team to coordinate a surrender. For Democrats, Donald Trump’s indictment was proof that no one, not even a former president, was above the law.

"President Trump will not take a plea deal in this case," Trump's attorney said.

[even if he was indicted](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/04/trump-pledges-to-stay-in-2024-presidential-race-even-if-he-is-criminally-charged.html), often casts himself as the victim of overzealous investigators. [Congress enters "dangerous" territory as Trump indicted](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/30/congress-enters-dangerous-territory-trump-indicted) [Trump said Thursday](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/30/trump-indictment-statement)that the indictment was an act of " [Political Persecution](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/30/trump-indictment-statement)" and [accused Democrats](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-indicted-trump-reaction-lawmakers-allies-critics-today-2023-03-30/)of "weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President." [voluntarily surrender to Manhattan law enforcement](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/trump-arrest-indictment-new-york), his attorney Joe Tacopina said [Friday on NBC's "Today" show](https://www.today.com/news/trump-attorney-says-will-not-take-plea-deal-indictment-rcna77558). [evaded criminal charges](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/trump-indictment-control) for decades. [Former President Trump](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump) is not expected to take a plea deal if the case related to an [illegal hush money payment](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-probe) in 2016 to adult film star Stormy Daniels goes to trial, his attorney said Friday.

Details of charges not known as indictment remains under seal, while lawyer says former president will not be placed in handcuffs.

“The indictment of a former president is a serious moment for the nation. “The pre-eminence of the rule of law is central to the integrity of our democracy. As Trump’s legal team prepared for a contentious and potentially lengthy legal battle, the former president continued to attack investigators via social media. [Stormy Daniels](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/stormy-daniels), who claims to have had an extramarital affair with Trump beginning in 2006. He was braced at his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, for the forthcoming trip to surrender to the authorities in He predicted that New York authorities would not “allow this to become a circus”.

Prosecutors in New York are preparing for Donald Trump's surrender to court officials, after he became the first US president to be charged with a crime ...

The payment was legal, but Trump allegedly recorded it as a business expense. At a Donald Trump merch store, people have travelled from outside of the state to visit. “Typically, people with those low-level felonies would receive a probation-type sentence, a fine. I certainly don't, and nor do they. Daniels says she had an affair with Trump in 2006, which he denies. In case you need a reminder, Daniels is key to this case - she claims she had an adulterous affair with Donald Trump, and it is said she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet. “I saw the store and wanted to stop," he says. He denies the affair and any wrongdoing because of this stupid indictment, it’s just politically motivated." Donald Trump today began attacking the judge assigned to his case, as he attempts to undermine the credibility of the investigation and rally his base to his defence. Donald Trump is unlikely to spend any time in jail as a result of the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels, according to one federal defence attorney. "New York is not a place for criminals to launder their money or falsify business records in order to cover up their own crimes, and that is the charge he is likely to face in this indictment," he says.

Trump's counsel, Joe Tacopina, said he expects the arrest to proceed as a matter of routine on Tuesday.

Didn't believe they were actually going to go through with this because there's no crime here." They did not say whether they intended to seek prison time in the event of a conviction, a development that would not prevent Mr Trump from seeking and assuming the presidency. Mr Tacopina said in an interview that he expected the arrest otherwise to proceed as a matter of routine on Tuesday, when Mr Trump is due to appear to face an indictment following a grand jury investigation of a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during Mr Trump's 2016 campaign.

Donald Trump's indictment excited investors, who are betting that criminal charges will actually help the former president and make him richer.

Digital World stock has already fallen from a high of $175 to its current $14.42. The SEC, Department of Justice and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority are The former president’s Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Twitter knockoff Truth Social, has plans to merge with a SPAC called Digital World Acquisition Corp. If the excitement continues, Trump could benefit even more. By Friday morning, with stock changing hands at $14.42, the market was implying Trump’s stake was worth about $1.057 billion. Donald Trump’s indictment excited investors, who are betting that criminal charges will actually help the former president and make him richer.

Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, is set to face a mug shot, finger-printing and a court appearance next week ...

Trump in 2018 initially disputed knowing anything about the payment to Daniels. Capitol assault by supporters and probe into his campaign's contacts with Russia in 2016. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. The former president's personal lawyer Michael Cohen has said he coordinated with Trump on the payments to Daniels and to a second woman, former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who also said she had a sexual relationship with him. "I encourage both Mr. Capitol by his supporters. The Manhattan charges will likely be unsealed by a judge in the coming days and Trump will have to travel there to be fingerprinted and photographed, known as a surrender date, which a court official said was expected on Tuesday. While president between 2017 and 2021, Trump regularly clashed with allies over trade and defense, and a return to the Oval Office looks set to weaken U.S support for Ukraine. Trump’s critics and supporters to let the process proceed peacefully and according to the law," he said. Some 44% of Republicans said he should drop out of the race if he is indicted, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history," Trump said in a statement.

Manhattan grand jury indicted ex-President Donald Trump — in a historic first · The Trump indictment remains under seal so there is a lot we don't know ...

"And I think more than anything he probably wants that public stage to play the victim, to have an audience." "Trump is not known for hiding from cameras, and I'm certain there will be a lot of cameras there." Most similar cases would probably take a year to get to trial, Galluzzo says. "Until we read that indictment, we don't know the specific charges Trump will have to defend himself against," he adds. but more indictments to come," presidential historian Douglas Brinkley Still, we do know that the 23-person grand jury heard evidence in the case, including testimony from Daniels and Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen. The processing itself would take place behind closed doors. Galluzzo expects defense attorneys to argue that it won't be fair for Trump to get a fair trial in Manhattan and push to have it moved somewhere else. "This is the first time that it really seems likely that the former president of the United States will be having a mugshot, being fingerprinted and having not just this indictment ... [told Reuters](https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-03-31/trump-lawyer-says-ex-president-will-not-be-handcuffed-when-he-surrenders) on Friday that he will not be handcuffed when he arrives, and plans to enter a not guilty plea. That's when Trump would come in for photographs, fingerprints and paperwork, as well as to enter a plea, a process that A spokesperson for the New York Office of Court Administration has since confirmed to NPR that Trump is expected to appear in court on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m.

If there was ever room for a Republican critical of Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP field, it all but disappeared on Thursday night. Within a matter of hours ...

On Wednesday, he called a Trump donor to seek a meeting ahead of his planned campaign launch, according to a copy of the voicemail obtained by POLITICO. “Maybe someone would have the decency to not defend [Trump], or point out that this is a behavior that gives them concerns, but that’s asking a lot.” “You have to hold everyone to the rule of law,” Sununu said, “but clearly there’s been some hesitation on whether they could really find anybody guilty on this.” Especially not after the blowback DeSantis received by criticizing Trump on moral grounds, saying at a press conference last week he didn’t “know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star.” This person likened the indictment Thursday to news last year of the Supreme Court reaching a decision in the Dobbs case: “There was a big surprise when this came down, but you’ve been lying in wait, expecting it for a little bit.” Chris Sununu, who’s called for the party to move on from Trump in 2024 but said he would still support him if he’s the nominee, wouldn’t distance himself too much from the former president in an interview with POLITICO last week. Second, probably most importantly, it just completely sucks the oxygen out of the room.” Every court proceeding, every new twist in the case will represent a litmus test other candidates in the field will either pass or fail. As Pence had it: “outrageous.” “Beyond belief,” “It rallies the base—there’s this rally around the flag effect for Trump. Ron DeSantis](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/30/desantis-trump-indictment-00089865), Trump’s most prominent Republican opponent, came to heel, pledging to refuse any extradition request ahead of what is expected to be Trump’s likely surrender next week. [Fox News](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/31/donald-trump-indicted-reaction-how-fox-news-reported-indictment), rallied to his defense.

Republicans quickly jumped to support former President Donald Trump after news of his unprecedented indictment by New York prosecutors came out on Thursday ...

Ron DeSantis, a potential rival of Trump's the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, called Bragg "Soros-backed" in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1641575007552778243), and described the prosecution as "The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda." [Trump's support within the GOP has ebbed somewhat](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/27/1166173049/donald-trump-investigations-republican-voters-2024-presidential-election), his rhetoric has permeated the Republican party. Holt says it's easy for GOP politicians to use Soros as a bogeyman when attacking Bragg without having to address any substantial issues in the legal argument. Soros is wealthy and Jewish, and his Open Society Foundation donates to projects around the world. After Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, his supporters rallied online, culminating in the Jan. The former president's supporters on far-right social media platforms appear less enthusiastic about coming to his aid.

The charges are not yet public, and a lawyer for Mr Trump said on Friday that he too has yet to read the indictment. A law enforcement official told CBS that Mr ...

Prosecutors say this amounts to Mr Trump falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanour - a criminal offence - in New York. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, who Mr Trump recently suggested should run for Senate, called on followers to protest and said she plans to be present in New York next week. Media reports have said the ex-president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud and Mr Tacopina said on Thursday he thought there would be 34. We don't know the exact counts or how they're formulated," he said. Many expect the area to go into lockdown when the former president attends court. Sources tell CBS that they are bracing for possible scenarios that include attacks against Mr Trump, prosecutors, jurors or members of the public.

The campaign shared new details about the former president's plans to appear at the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday to face criminal charges.

Quirk, President of the New York Court Officers Association, referring to a The Trump campaign is also keeping tabs of others who are trying to financially benefit off of the indictment. The campaign says he will spend his weekend at home in Palm Beach, and he plans to return after business at the courthouse is complete. A press release from the campaign noted that “25% of donations came from first-time donors” and the average contribution was only $34. So far, the only major event on his calendar is a speech at the National Rifle Association conference mid-April in Indianapolis. His arraignment is expected to be around 2:15pm, according to a law enforcement official.

Former President Donald Trump and porn star Stormy Daniels have spent years battling in court. · A Manhattan grand jury voted on Thursday to indict Mr Trump in ...

"That's actually - I can't believe I'm about to say this - kind of brilliant," she said. "This Witch Hunt will BACKFIRE MASSIVELY," he said in the email. "Everybody that has a business sells merch," she said, pointing out Mr Trump was similarly using the case to pull in funds.

The former president is expected to answer charges with the Secret Service in tow before a judge in the often grimy and ill-lit criminal courthouse in Lower ...

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Donald Trump called for the death penalty in his case. Then he was exonerated. I talked to him about why this week's indictment feels like karma.

"This could be a new time – the era of justice." "It seems like there is no justice, but there's a sliver of it there, the opportunity for there to be a justice system that works for all people, one with the same equity that we've been crying out for. I believe Salaam and those four other men might like to have a word with him about that. The city awarded the men $41 million in 2014, a decade after some of them sued for violation of civil rights. It was an early form of Trump rhetoric, and it helped fuel the public outcry that thirsted for a conviction in the case. He will never be able to separate himself from his time in prison, but he feels empowered to help others avoid a similar experience. "We live in a system where the justice system seems like there is no justice when it comes to Black and brown bodies," Salaam told me. "To truly be able to mount the proper defense that has eluded so many of us." New York had not held an execution in decades, but the five boys were indeed convicted, and they served. "They must serve as examples so that others will think long and hard before committing a crime or an act of violence." The men's names weren't cleared until 2002, after convicted murderer Matias Reyes confessed to the assault. But he isn't thinking about it as a feel-good moment.