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The claim comes as a New York prosecutor considers charging him in connection with hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Trump, who is running for president in 2024, also defended himself on Truth Social, asserting that he has not committed a crime — though he did not disclose what he expects to be charged with — and he accused the Manhattan District Attorney's Office of being "corrupt & highly political." On his platform Truth Social on Saturday morning, Trump said that "illegal leaks" indicated that he will be arrested on Tuesday and he went on to call for protests. Former President Donald Trump claims in a social media post that he will be arrested next week.

With his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury expected but its timing uncertain, former President Donald J. Trump declared on his social media site Saturday ...

Mr. Some of Mr. Yet two of Mr. The records falsely stated that the payments to Mr. Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, the third-ranking House Republican and another close ally of Mr. A lawyer for Mr. The payment came in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, and Mr. The statement from Mr. Weisselberg, was arrested in 2021, Mr. One person with knowledge of the matter said that Mr. Bragg have signaled that an indictment of Mr. But Mr.

Ex-president makes remark on Truth Social without any official confirmation of the likelihood or timing of charges being brought.

[New York](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york) grand jury into the case. Bragg at the time said it closed one chapter but “we now move on to the next chapter” as the Stormy Daniels case continued. Trump himself was not on trial and denied any knowledge of the criminal scheme. [he denied](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-dna) the rape happened or that he knew her, after she [first described](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/i-accused-donald-trump-of-sexual-assault-e-jean-carroll-ed-pilkington) in a 2019 book the alleged attack. No former or sitting US president has been indicted. [is investigating](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/donald-trump-georgia-judge-grand-jury-report) whether Trump interfered in the 2020 election there. [was fined](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/13/trump-organization-sentenced-tax-fraud-scheme) for tax fraud. Trump’s post cited “illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office”. In 2016 during the election that Trump went on to win, Cohen made the payment and arranged another payout to a different woman, as Trump faced allegations of previous sexual assault and harassment [from multiple women](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/amy-dorris-donald-trump-women-who-accuse-sexual-misconduct) – with the money paid at Trump’s direction, Cohen has asserted. [the insurrection](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/06/trump-capitol-american-carnage-washington) by extremist supporters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, that ultimately [failed to thwart](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/06/congress-certify-election-biden-republicans-object) the certification of Biden’s victory. [impanel a grand jury](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/30/donald-trump-hush-money-grand-jury-new-york) to hear evidence in the Daniels case, which had previously faded from the spotlight [amid turmoil](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/06/trump-porn-star-stormy-daniels-payment-zombie-case-pomerantz-book) among prosecutors about a wider investigation into Trump’s business practices. [met with investigators](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/15/stormy-daniels-hush-money-donald-trump-manhattan) in Manhattan earlier this week to discuss Trump’s role in a $130,000 payment she received in 2016 aimed at dissuading her from going public during the election about claims she had a sexual liaison with the married Trump in 2006 – an infidelity Trump denies.

"The far [and] away leading Republican candidate [and] former president of the United States of America will be arrested on Tuesday of next week," he wrote ...

[Cohen](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/michael-cohen-testify-grand-jury-trump)pleaded guilty to [federal campaign finance violations](https://www.axios.com/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-plea-deal-federal-prosecutors)in 2018 and was sentenced to [three years in prison](https://www.axios.com/2018/12/12/michael-cohen-prison-sentence-mueller-investigation)related in part to the $130,000 paid to Daniels. [grand jury in Manhattan](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/nyregion/trump-potential-indictment-criminal-charges.html) could indict Trump for his alleged role in the [hush money paid](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/trump-invited-new-york-grand-jury-hush-money-probe) to [Daniels](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/stormy-daniels-new-york-prosecutors-trump) before the 2016 presidential election. [Trump directed him](https://www.axios.com/2018/12/14/michael-cohen-trump-hush-money-sbc-interview)to make the hush money payments amid the 2016 presidential election campaign. Cohen said Trump then [reimbursed him](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/27/michael-cohen-documents-stormy-daniels-house-oversight)for the [payment](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/stormy-daniels-new-york-prosecutors-trump)through the Trump Organization and the company cited it as legal expenses. [district attorney's office invited Trump](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/trump-invited-new-york-grand-jury-hush-money-probe)to testify before the grand jury as part of its investigation. - Trump would likely play the victim and vengeance card for 2024, which are already major themes of his campaign, Basu writes. [Looming Trump charges threaten to inject chaos into 2024 campaign](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/trump-indictment-charges-manhattan-2024) [Timeline: The probe into Trump's alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-probe) and the DA’s office, to ... fake news carriers, that the ... [Axios' Zachary Basu writes](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/trump-indictment-charges-manhattan-2024). He added that "American patriots are being arrested and held in captivity like animals," while also being critical of crime, inflation, prisons and mental institutions. Daniels and [Michael Cohen](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/michael-cohen-testify-grand-jury-trump), Trump's former personal lawyer, both [met with prosecutors](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/stormy-daniels-new-york-prosecutors-trump)earlier this week.

El expresidente Donald Trump dijo este sábado que espera ser arrestado en relación con la investigación por parte del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan la ...

No está claro si este sería el último testigo antes de votar sobre una posible acusación. “No ha habido ninguna notificación, aparte de filtraciones ilegales del Departamento de Justicia y la oficina del fiscal”, dijo el portavoz. Si bien Trump no ofreció detalles sobre por qué espera ser acusado, su equipo legal anticipó que sucederá pronto y se ha estado preparando detrás de escena para los próximos pasos. El destacamento del Servicio Secreto de EE.UU. Si bien el equipo legal de Donald Trump no ha tenido noticias de la oficina del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan sobre una posible acusación, el expresidente ha estado agitando a su equipo para irritar a su base y cree que una acusación lo ayudaría políticamente, dijeron a CNN varias personas informadas sobre el asunto. Como es habitual en los casos en los que se permite que un acusado se entregue voluntariamente, después del procesamiento del arresto, el expresidente sería llevado directamente a una lectura de cargos ante un juez, donde probablemente sería puesto en libertad bajo palabra.

Donald Trump dijo el sábado que cree que será arrestado el próximo martes, mientras un fiscal de Nueva York estudia la posibilidad de presentarle cargos en ...

Según Cohen, los pagos fueron para que ellas dejaran de hablar sobre sus relaciones con Trump, quien estaba en medio de su primera campaña presidencial. Trump no proporcionó ningún detalle en la red social sobre cómo fue que presuntamente se enteró de que será arrestado. Pero no se ha anunciado públicamente plazo alguno para el trabajo del jurado de instrucción, que se realiza en secreto. Los jefes de la policía local se preparan para posibles consecuencias en la seguridad pública como resultado de una acusación sin precedentes a un expresidente estadounidense. Después de escuchar al entonces presidente durante un acto en Washington esa mañana, sus partidarios marcharon al Capitolio y trataron de impedir la certificación del triunfo del demócrata Joe Biden, rompieron puertas y ventanas y salieron golpeados y ensangrentados. En pocas horas envió un correo electrónico a sus seguidores para recaudar fondos, mientras legisladores republicanos influyentes emitieron declaraciones en su defensa.

Donald Trump dijo en una publicación en las redes sociales que será arrestado el martes, mientras un fiscal de Nueva York estudia la posibilidad de ...

Ese lenguaje evocó el mensaje del entonces presidente que precedió a los disturbios en el Capitolio de EE.UU. En sus publicaciones, repitió sus mentiras de que las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 que perdió ante el demócrata Joe Biden fueron robadas e instó a sus seguidores a "¡PROTESTAR, RECUPERAR NUESTRA NACIÓN!" Los representantes de Trump no respondieron inmediatamente a las llamadas para hacer comentarios.

Fiel a su estilo, capaz de agitar las tranquilas aguas de un sábado por la mañana en Estados Unidos con un simple mensaje en una red social, Donald Trump ha ...

[suficientes votos para revertir la victoria de Biden](https://elpais.com/internacional/elecciones-usa/2021-01-03/trump-presiono-a-un-alto-cargo-de-georgia-para-revertir-los-resultados-electorales-solo-quiero-encontrar-11780-votos.html) en 2020). Los patriotas estadounidenses están siendo arrestados y mantenidos en cautiverio como animales, mientras que a los criminales y matones de izquierda se les permite vagar por las calles, matar y quemar sin consecuencias. Tras su paso por las secciones El Viajero, Tentaciones y El País Semanal, ha sido redactor jefe de Domingo, Ideas, Cultura y Babelia. “Pediré a los comités pertinentes que investiguen de inmediato si se están utilizando fondos federales para subvertir nuestra democracia al interferir en las elecciones con enjuiciamientos por motivos políticos”, prometió. El crimen y la inflación están destruyendo nuestra forma de vida...”. Trump escribió ese mensaje dos días después de que trascendiera en los medios que el fiscal demócrata Alvin Bragg estudia imputarlo tan pronto como a principios de la semana que viene [por un pago de dinero secreto a la estrella de cine porno Stormy Daniels](https://elpais.com/internacional/2023-03-10/el-fiscal-de-manhattan-ofrece-a-trump-declarar-sobre-el-pago-de-dinero-a-una-actriz-porno-para-comprar-su-silencio.html), para comprar su silencio y enterrar un presunto affaire antes de las elecciones de 2016 que lo llevaron a la Casa Blanca. Este [siempre ha negado que tal relación existiese](https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/04/05/actualidad/1522963571_610028.html). Será salvaje”.](https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-12-23/el-informe-del-comite-sobre-el-asalto-al-capitolio-concluye-que-trump-conspiro-para-revertir-el-resultado-electoral.html) [Suscríbete](https://elpais.com/suscripciones/#/campaign?cid=ZWxwYWlzX3JlZGFjY2lvbl9ta3Rjb250ZW50X2VkaXRvcmlhbF9jdGFzZWNjaW9uX2ludGVybmFjaW9uYWxfRVM=&prod=SUSDIG&o=susdig_camp&prm=nwl_suscrip_cta_articulo_Subscription_españa) Esta semana, los medios han informado de la celebración de reuniones entre las diferentes agencias locales, estatales y federales para tratar la mejor manera de prepararse ante un arresto de Trump. Dos horas después de publicar su andanada, un portavoz del expresidente emitió un comunicado que decía que Trump no lo había escrito con más información que la disponible para el resto de la opinión pública, y que al hacerlo carecía de detalles sobre el momento del supuesto arresto o incluso si se va a producir. [tras la exhortación a la protesta lanzada a sus seguidores](https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-12-23/el-informe-del-comite-sobre-el-asalto-al-capitolio-concluye-que-trump-conspiro-para-revertir-el-resultado-electoral.html) los ecos de sus llamamientos previos a la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021 que derivó en [un asalto al Capitolio. El diario The New York Times citó la semana pasada cuatro fuentes anónimas con conocimiento del caso Stormy Daniels para contar que al expresidente se le había dado la oportunidad de comparecer ante un gran jurado de Manhattan.

Prosecutors in New York are considering charges over alleged hush money payments to an ex-porn star.

The district attorney's office has not yet commented. On Saturday Mr Trump wrote on his social networking site Truth Social that "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan district attorney's office "indicate" he would be arrested on Tuesday. Former US President Donald Trump says he is expecting to be arrested on Tuesday in a case about alleged hush money paid to an ex-porn star.

No U.S. president - while in office or afterward - has faced criminal charges. Trump is seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024. He has ...

"He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds." Trump in 2018 initially disputed knowing anything about the payment to Daniels. Trump, who was in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday and attended the NCAA wrestling championships, leads his early rivals for his party's nomination. Bragg's office last year won the conviction of the Trump Organization on tax fraud charges. "He cannot hide from his violations of the law, disrespect for our elections and incitements to violence." Bragg's office earlier this month invited Trump to testify before the grand jury probing the payment, which legal experts said was a sign that an indictment was close. We will continue to apply the law evenly and fairly and speak publicly only when appropriate." A spokesman for Trump said the former president had not been notified of any arrest. Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal campaign finance violations tied to his arranging payments to Daniels and another woman in exchange for their silence about affairs they said they'd had with Trump, among other crimes. Trump has said he will continue campaigning even if he is charged with a crime. the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week," Trump wrote on Truth Social. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Saturday decried the investigation.

Donald Trump dijo en una publicación en las redes sociales que será arrestado el martes, mientras un fiscal de Nueva York estudia la posibilidad de ...

Ese lenguaje evocó el mensaje del entonces presidente que precedió a los disturbios en el Capitolio de EE.UU. En sus publicaciones, repitió sus mentiras de que las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 que perdió ante el demócrata Joe Biden fueron robadas e instó a sus seguidores a "¡PROTESTAR, RECUPERAR NUESTRA NACIÓN!" Los representantes de Trump no respondieron inmediatamente a las llamadas para hacer comentarios.

El expresidente Donald Trump asegura que será arrestado el martes mientras la Fiscalía de Nueva York estudia la posibilidad de presentarle cargos en un caso ...

Suscríbete a nuestro canal de ¡Conéctate con la Voz de América! No se ha anunciado públicamente ningún plazo para el trabajo secreto del jurado de acusación en el caso, incluida cualquier posible votación sobre si se acusa o no al expresidente.

Donald Trump dijo en una publicación en las redes sociales que será arrestado el martes, mientras un fiscal de Nueva York estudia la posibilidad de ...

Ese lenguaje evocó el mensaje del entonces presidente que precedió a los disturbios en el Capitolio de EE.UU. En sus publicaciones, repitió sus mentiras de que las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 que perdió ante el demócrata Joe Biden fueron robadas e instó a sus seguidores a "¡PROTESTAR, RECUPERAR NUESTRA NACIÓN!" Los representantes de Trump no respondieron inmediatamente a las llamadas para hacer comentarios.

Trump dijo en un mensaje escrito parcialmente en mayúsculas en su red Social Truth que “filtraciones ilegales” de la fiscalía del distrito de Manhattan ...

Según Cohen, los pagos fueron para que ellas dejaran de hablar sobre sus relaciones con Trump, quien estaba en medio de su primera campaña presidencial. Trump no proporcionó ningún detalle en la red social sobre cómo fue que presuntamente se enteró que será arrestado. Los representantes de Trump tampoco respondieron de inmediato a las llamadas en busca de comentarios.

El expresidente de EE.UU. afronta varias investigaciones que incluye su participación en la toma del Capitolio en enero de 2021.

La oficina del fiscal de Manhattan no se ha pronunciado al respecto. "Dado que se trata de una acusación política, la oficina del fiscal de distrito se ha involucrado en la práctica de filtrar todo a la prensa, en lugar de comunicarse con los abogados del presidente Trump como se haría en un caso normal", dijo. Este sábado, Trump escribió en la red social de su propiedad "Truth Social" que las "filtraciones ilegales" de la oficina del fiscal del distrito de Manhattan, Nueva York, "indicarían" que él sería arrestado este 21 de marzo.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday announced a congressional investigation into the local prosecutors reportedly preparing to indict former ...

[tweeted](https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1637138604387360770?s=20)Sen. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), another member of the panel. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). [tweeted](https://twitter.com/repswalwell/status/1637115341951074312?s=46&t=JjZ0HYOqxLjGtjkLnr-3YA)Rep. - Leading GOP hardliners in the House, including Reps. [tweet posted Saturday morning](https://twitter.com/speakermccarthy/status/1637108358208421888?s=46&t=JjZ0HYOqxLjGtjkLnr-3YA).

Republican lawmakers blasted the prospect of former President Trump being indicted after he revealed he expects to be arrested next week, calling the ...

[Alvin Bragg](https://thehill.com/tag/alvin-bragg/) [Alvin Bragg](https://thehill.com/people/alvin-bragg/) [Chip Roy](https://thehill.com/tag/chip-roy/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/tag/donald-trump/) [Elise Stefanik](https://thehill.com/tag/elise-stefanik/) [indictment](https://thehill.com/tag/indictment/) [J.D. He said indicting Trump will undermine trust in the country’s electoral system and Bragg should reconsider charges against him. She said this is “unAmerican” and reaching a “dangerous new low of Third World countries.” [Banking & Financial Institutions](https://thehill.com/business/banking-financial-institutions/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) Trump endorsed Vance while he was running in the GOP primary for an open Senate seat in Ohio. “The answer is: hell no. The district attorney’s office has been investigating a payment that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election for her to remain silent about an affair she had with Trump. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Banking & Financial Institutions](https://thehill.com/business/banking-financial-institutions/) [Senate](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [See All](https://thehill.com) Trump’s attorney has said Trump would not Vance](https://thehill.com/tag/j-d-vance/) [Kevin McCarthy](https://thehill.com/tag/kevin-mccarthy/) [Kevin McCarthy](https://thehill.com/people/kevin-mccarthy/) [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://thehill.com/tag/marjorie-taylor-greene/) [Michael Cohen](https://thehill.com/people/michael-cohen/) [Stormy Daniels](https://thehill.com/people/stormy-daniels/) [Vivek Ramaswamy](https://thehill.com/tag/vivek-ramaswamy/) We simply don’t have a real country if justice depends on politics,” Vance said. [accept](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3898841-trump-attorney-says-he-wont-be-participating-in-manhattan-das-probe/) the invitation.

Some of President Donald Trump's staunchest supporters immediately took to social media Saturday to blast his possible indictment, after he predicted he would ...

[Trump Says He Will Be Arrested Tuesday—Urges Supporters To Protest](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/03/18/trump-says-he-will-be-arrested-tuesday-urges-supporters-to-protest/?sh=3ccd572a17fa) (Forbes) [Trump Could Be Indicted As Early As Next Week, Report Says](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/03/17/trump-could-be-indicted-as-early-as-next-week-report-says/?sh=5b86185b2c4c) (Forbes) [responded](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1637051525670264834) to a report on Trump’s possible arrest by predicting, “If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory.” [said](https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1637093509181087746) “this type of stuff only occurs in third-world authoritarian nations,” adding, “if they can come for Trump, they will come for you.” [said](https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1637102734758363136) a “politically motivated” decision to indict Trump is based on “strained, convoluted legal theory” and suggested—without evidence—a “politicized ‘justice’ system” is being “weaponized” against Americans. [said](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1637087654608076801) Trump “used his own money to resolve a private dispute” and called a possible indictment “an absurd abuse of the criminal process in our politics.” [arrested](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/03/18/trump-says-he-will-be-arrested-tuesday-urges-supporters-to-protest/?sh=3ccd572a17fa) Tuesday and called for protests.

"Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump," ...

[Stormy Daniels](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manhattan-da-begins-presenting-evidence-trump-stormy-daniels-case-grand-jury). [MANHATTAN DA'S OFFICE ‘ASKED FOR A MEETING’ WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AHEAD OF POSSIBLE TRUMP INDICTMENT](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manhattan-das-office-asked-meeting-law-enforcement-possible-trump-indictment) [Reached for comment Friday](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-prosecutors-signal-trump-may-face-criminal-charges), the Manhattan District Attorney's office would neither "confirm or comment" on the impending indictment. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!," Trump wrote. A court source told Fox News that the office has requested a meeting with law enforcement. [McCarthy tweeted](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/kevin-mccarthy).

Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury ...

Federal prosecutors agreed not to prosecute the Enquirer’s corporate parent in exchange for its cooperation in a campaign finance investigation that led to charges against Cohen in 2018. Cohen has said that at Trump’s direction, he arranged payments totaling $280,000 to Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. Trump denies the encounters occurred, says he did nothing wrong and has cast the investigation as a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor bent on sabotaging the Republican’s 2024 campaign. After his post, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decried any plans to prosecute Trump as an “outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA” whom he claimed was pursuing “political vengeance.” Rep. Trump also has labeled Bragg, who is Black, a “racist” and has accused the prosecutor of letting crime in the city run amok while he has focused on Trump. The aftermath of the Jan. After hearing from the then-president at a Washington rally that morning, his supporters marched to the Capitol and tried to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s White House victory, breaking through doors and windows of the building and leaving officers beaten and bloodied. A Justice Department special counsel has also been presenting evidence before a grand jury investigating Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents at his Florida estate. But there has been no public announcement of any time frame for the grand jury’s secret work in the case. 6 riot, in which hundreds of Trump loyalists were arrested and prosecuted in federal court, may also have dampened the passion among supporters for confrontation. Local law enforcement officials are bracing for the public safety ramifications of an unprecedented prosecution of a former American president. Within hours, he sent a fundraising email to supporters while influential Republicans in Congress issued statements in his defense.

El expresidente lo dijo en redes sociales, aunque no especificó sus fuentes, mientras un fiscal examina de Manhattan eximina cargos sin pronunciarse.

Ese lenguaje recordó el mensaje del entonces presidente que precedió a los disturbios en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos el 6 de enero de 2021. Según Cohen, los pagos eran para comprar su silencio sobre Trump, que entonces estaba en plena campaña presidencial. "

Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate blasted reports that former President Donald Trump could soon be indicted -- claiming it would be ...

A politically motivated prosecution makes the argument for Trump stronger. Now they want to arrest Trump, their leading political opponent," he said. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said the potential indictment is "some Third World Banana Republic lunacy and a very, very dangerous road to go down." In liberal New York, evidently it’s politics as usual," he said. "Knowing they cannot beat President Trump at the ballot box, the Radical Left will now follow the lead of Socialist dictators and reportedly arrest President Trump, the leading Republican candidate for President of the United States," she said. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said Bragg "allows violent criminals to walk the streets, yet abuses the rule of law & powers of his office to target political opponents in partisan witchhunts. "This is an absurd abuse of the criminal process in our politics," he said. "If this same behavior occurred in an authoritarian state, our own U.S. [Stormy Daniels](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manhattan-da-begins-presenting-evidence-trump-stormy-daniels-case-grand-jury). [MCCARTHY DIRECTS COMMITTEES TO PROBE WHETHER FEDERAL FUNDS WERE USED IN POTENTIAL TRUMP INDICTMENT](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-directs-committees-probe-whether-federal-funds-were-used-potential-trump-indictment) [Reached for comment Friday](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-prosecutors-signal-trump-may-face-criminal-charges), the Manhattan District Attorney's office would not "confirm or comment" on the impending indictment. The apparently looming indictment sparked fury from Republicans, who see a politically motivated prosecution. Rep.

Former president says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday but there has been no official confirmation of the likelihood or timing of charges being brought.

My focus is going to continue to be on the issues that are affecting the American people.” Cohen has said that the money was paid at Trump’s direction. Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, another declared candidate, did not address the investigation while campaigning in South Carolina. Trump’s post cited “illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office”. McCarthy said he would direct relevant Republican-led House committees “to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions”. The search also proved a fundraising boon.

Algunos de los potenciales rivales republicanos de Donald Trump en los comicios de 2024 reforzaron este sábado sus respectivas candidaturas en un encuentro ...

Trump prevé celebrar su primer gran mitin electoral el próximo fin de semana en Texas y hoy no paró de reiterar sus llamamientos a la protesta: “Nuestros enemigos están intentando intimidarme. Es un intento para destruirle a él y a todo lo que le rodea”, dijo el senador Lindsey Graham en ese encuentro. La cita fue convocada en Carolina del Sur por la organización Palmetto Family, defensora de los valores tradicionales, y contó entre otras con la exembajadora de EE.UU.

Trump attorney Susan Necheles told CBS News that this is speculation from the former president.

I think many Americans are taken aback at the unprecedented indictment of a former president, but also the fact that the Manhattan D.A., in the midst of a crime wave in New York City, then says that indicting the former president is his highest priority. "We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York," Bragg wrote. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg addressed the security issue in an email to employees Saturday, telling them that "your safety is our top priority." "President Trump is rightfully highlighting his innocence and the weaponization of our injustice system. and the DA's office, to NBC and other fake news carriers, that the George Soros-funded Radical Left Democrat prosecutor in Manhattan has decided to take his Witch-Hunt to the next level," the Trump spokesperson said Saturday. "As President Trump states, his post is based on the media reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said in a social media post that he expects to be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case ...

Federal prosecutors agreed not to prosecute the Enquirer’s corporate parent in exchange for its cooperation in a campaign finance investigation that led to charges against Cohen in 2018. In his social media post, Trump repeated his lies that the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden was stolen and he urged his followers to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” That language evoked the message from the then-president that preceded the riot at the U.S. Cohen has said that at Trump’s direction, he arranged payments totaling $280,000 to porn actor Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. 6, 2021 when his supporters broke through doors and windows of that building and left officers beaten and bloodied as they tried to stop the certification of the election. The indictment of Trump, 76, would be an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. Trump provided no evidence that suggested he was directly informed of a pending arrest and did not say how he knew of such plans.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranked Republican in Congress, rushed to the defense of former President Donald J. Trump after he announced early ...

Speculation has swirled for the past couple weeks that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may be about to press criminal charges against Trump. The charges ...

[Steve Bannon](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/steve-bannon), who served as the CEO of Trump's 2016 campaign and worked as a White House adviser, wrote on Gettr Saturday. "President Trump is rightfully highlighting his innocence and the weaponization of our injustice system." Newsweek reached out to Bragg's office for comment. history that a former president is criminally charged. Bragg, a Democrat, and analysts who support an indictment, have said that nobody is above the law, regardless of their political status. He said Trump's indictment would "mark a dark moment in American history and will undermine public trust in our electoral system itself." It is un-American for the ruling party to use police power to arrest its political rivals. They argue that Ramaswamy also urged former Untied Nations ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Speculation has swirled for the past couple weeks that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may be about to press criminal charges against Trump. [Nikki Haley](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nikki-haley), who is [seeking the Republican Party's 2024 nomination](https://www.newsweek.com/nikki-haley-comes-swinging-trump-1781530), and Florida Governor [Ron DeSantis](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/ron-desantis), who is widely seen to be a top GOP contender, to speak out as well. "A Trump indictment would be a national disaster.

Matthew Dallek's fast-paced and well-researched history shows how the John Birch Society rose, raved and never went away.

The governor parrots Trump and Carlson on Ukraine, flip-flopping in the process. Dallek reminds us of the bookstores opened by the society and the role played by female Birchers. Aloise Josephine Antonia Steiner, a non-Birch conservative and the mother of William Buckley, the founder of the National Review, encouraged an acquaintance to establish a society chapter. Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump supreme court appointee, refers to Brown as inviolate super-precedent but Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist and Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network both attack its underpinnings. As Dallek points out, many in the Birchers’ ranks possessed a firm foothold in the middle and upper-middle classes. Buckley eventually – and circuitously – came to stand against the Birchers. Birch’s Christianity and the circumstances of his death were central to the society’s message. The John Birch Society is now obscure yet basks in undreamed-of success. The society never disappeared and nor did its ideas and resentments. Dallek looks at how the Birchers’ ideas came to pollenate and populate the Republican party. Back in the day, the society trashed Dwight D Eisenhower and his successor as president, John F Kennedy. “January 6, I think, is probably second only to the 2020 election as the biggest scam in my lifetime,” says Tucker Carlson, the face of Fox News.

Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential ...

In white-collar cases, the defendant's lawyers and prosecutors typically agree on a date and time, rather than arresting the person at home. Under New York law, the statute of limitations can be extended if the defendant has been out of state, but Trump may argue that serving as U.S. The New York Times, citing sources, has reported the most likely charges against Trump would be for falsifying business records, typically a misdemeanor. "This is so unprecedented that it's hard for me to say," Agnifilo said when asked whether a judge would put Trump on trial close to the election. Capitol by his supporters trying to overturn his defeat and into his retention of classified documents after leaving the White House. Trump has denied the affair, and his lawyer has accused Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, of extortion.

With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross. FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse.

Tim Kaine (D-Va.) … David Cicilline (D-R.I.) … Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) … Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) … Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) … Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) … Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) office, the Senate HELP team and Cassidy alumni. [“Election conspiracy movement grinds on as 2024 approaches,”](https://apnews.com/article/voting-machines-election-conspiracies-republicans-trump-f867ef5ed8d66f375066f8cbdb25cdf4) by AP’s Christina Cassidy in Franklin, Tenn.: “‘We are at war. 6 footage, lawyer says,”](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/17/house-gop-capitol-police-jan-6-video-00087636) by Kyle Cheney and Jordain Carney: “Only one of the more than 40 riot clips that Fox News’ TUCKER CARLSON aired earlier this month using access granted by the House GOP got previewed and approved beforehand, according to Capitol Police general counsel THOMAS DiBIASE. RON] DeSANTIS calls ‘legacy media.’” They talked to dozens of strategists to compile a shortlist of the most influential, including JACK POSOBIEC (who two people said will be as important as GEORGE WILL was), JOHN CARDILLO, STEVE BANNON and Libs of TikTok’s CHAYA RAICHIK. [ scooped the news yesterday](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/law-enforcement-agencies-are-prepping-possible-trump-indictment-early-rcna75493) afternoon that “local, state and federal law enforcement and security agencies are preparing” for Trump’s indictment over allegations that he paid off porn star STORMY DANIELS during the 2016 campaign to keep her quiet about an alleged affair she’d had with the married Trump in 2006.

Daniels alleges the money was paid to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg addressed the ...

"We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York," Bragg wrote. The alleged scheme first came to light years ago, when Trump was still in office. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg addressed the security issue in an email to employees Saturday, telling them that "your safety is our top priority." Daniels alleges the money was paid to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier. Secret Service and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force — are preparing security plans in and around the Manhattan criminal courthouse where Trump will potentially appear if he is charged in connection with a PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!"

En un mensaje posterior que fue mucho más allá de exhortar a sus fieles a protestar, el precandidato presidencial para 2024 dirigió su furia en mayúsculas ...

Según Cohen, los pagos fueron para que ellas dejaran de hablar sobre sus relaciones con Trump, quien estaba en medio de su primera campaña presidencial. Trump no proporcionó ningún detalle en la red social sobre cómo fue que presuntamente se enteró de que será arrestado. Pero no se ha anunciado públicamente plazo alguno para el trabajo del jurado de instrucción, que se realiza en secreto. Los jefes de la policía local se preparan para posibles consecuencias en la seguridad pública como resultado de una acusación sin precedentes a un expresidente estadounidense. Después de escuchar al entonces presidente durante un acto en Washington esa mañana, sus partidarios marcharon al Capitolio y trataron de impedir la certificación del triunfo del demócrata Joe Biden, rompieron puertas y ventanas y salieron golpeados y ensangrentados. En pocas horas envió un correo electrónico a sus seguidores para recaudar fondos, mientras legisladores republicanos influyentes emitieron declaraciones en su defensa.

Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as the Manhattan District Attorney's Office first ...

I think I’ll be the first district attorney in Manhattan who’s had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at him. I think I’ll be the first district attorney in Manhattan who’s had a loved one reenter from incarceration and stay with him. “I think I’ll be the first district attorney who’s had a homicide victim on his doorstop. Trump Foundation, which resulted in the former president paying $2 million to a number of charities and the foundation’s dissolution. Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office first Black district attorney. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the former president’s remarks.

Bragg's office appears poised to bring criminal charges against Trump in connection with a hush-money payment made to a porn actress, Stormy Daniels.

Bragg’s office appears poised to bring criminal charges against Trump in connection with a hush-money payment made to a porn actress, Stormy Daniels, at the height of the 2016 presidential campaign. Though a person familiar with the Trump operations said they were not actively organizing protests, Trump’s comments raised alarms about how his followers might be incited to act. Bragg added that “as with all of our investigations, we will continue to apply the law evenly and fairly, and speak publicly only when appropriate.” In his email, Bragg didn’t identify Trump by name, referring only to the “public comments surrounding an ongoing investigation by this office.”

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sought to reassure his staff in an internal message Saturday that intimidation or threats against them would not be ...

He was [sentenced to three years in federal prison](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-cohen-gets-3-years-cases-involving-stormy-daniels-lying-n946956) for that and other crimes. Trump said the payment was legal, and that he repaid Cohen. Cohen maintains the payment was made at Trump’s direction and that it was for the “principal purpose of influencing” the 2016 presidential election. Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is a key witness in the case and testified before the grand jury this week. [ making the payment to Daniels](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-lawyer-puts-forward-stormy-daniels-hush-money-defense-s-not-crim-rcna75082). [possible Trump indictment](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/law-enforcement-agencies-are-prepping-possible-trump-indictment-early-rcna75493) as early as next week. [he'll meet with Manhattan DA again](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-says-set-meet-manhattan-da-15th-time-rcna69695)in Trump probe [New York prosecutors convene grand jury](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/grand-jury-convened-trump-hush-money-probe-rcna68293)in Trump hush money probe Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sought to reassure his staff in an internal message Saturday that intimidation or threats against them would not be tolerated. [he'll meet with Manhattan DA again](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-says-set-meet-manhattan-da-15th-time-rcna69695)in Trump probe [possible Trump indictment](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/law-enforcement-agencies-are-prepping-possible-trump-indictment-early-rcna75493)as early as next week [Trump invited to appear before grand jury](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-invited-appear-grand-jury-hush-money-probe-rcna74289)in hush-money probe [Michael Cohen finishes prison sentence](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-trump-fixer-michael-cohen-finishes-prison-sentence-n1284370) [supporters to protest](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-illegal-leaks-indicate-will-arrested-tuesday-ny-hush-money-rcna75577).

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand ...

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Donald Trump claims in a social media post he will be arrested on Tuesday related to the Manhattan DA's investigation into hush money payments made to ...

"Whatever the Grand Jury decides, its consideration makes clear: no one is above the law, not even a former President of the United States," Pelosi tweeted. "I'm the meantime, as with all of our investigations, we will continue to apply the law evenly and fairly and speak publicly only when appropriate." He added, "I know, I know President Trump can take care of himself." President Trump is rightfully highlighting his innocence and the weaponization of our injustice system. He will be in Texas next weekend for a giant rally." Bragg told his staff their safety "is our top priority" and said the office "will continue to coordinate" with the NYPD and Office of Court Administration on matters of security.

Alvin Bragg is expected to bring an indictment against Trump this week over hush payments to adult actor Stormy Daniels in 2016.

Trump received a standing ovation in Tulsa and held up a defiant fist as he arrived at the wrestling event while fans cheered. If any indictment is handed down, it is likely to claim the payments were an illegal use of campaign finances. Trump made no mention of a criminal indictment and arrest at the Tulsa event. On Saturday afternoon, Trump supporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago home and country club in Florida to show their support. He added: “We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York… Trump talked with fans between matches, but reporters were kept away.

Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly acknowledged there are "risks involved" in the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan ...

She’s very effective in the United States Senate. And it does drastically change the paradigm as we go into the ’24 election,” he said. I mean, really, in a very positive way. Chris Sununu acknowledged on Sunday in a separate interview with Tapper. “The president’s supporters, they have First Amendment rights, and they should be able to exercise those peacefully. “I would hope that if they brought charges that they have a strong case, because this is, as you said, it’s unprecedented.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said in Des Moines on Saturday a potential indictment against former President Donald Trump is “troubling.”

My focus is going to continue to be on the issues that are affecting the American people today.” “They need to be peaceful. What we don’t want to see is violence. Pence said, “No one is above the law. Afterward, he responded to questions from reporters about Trump’s possible indictment and arrest by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Joni Ernst, sponsored by the Bastion Institute.

If former President Donald Trump is indicted this week, any protests that take place should be peaceful and lawful, former Vice President Mike Pence said ...

The American people won’t tolerate it and those that engage in that kind of violence should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he said. But nobody’s beneath the law either,” Pence said. We don’t want history to repeat itself in overly negative ways.”

Mr Trump has pledged to continue his campaign to become the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election, even if he is indicted. It is not yet known if ...

Prosecutors could conclude this amounts to Mr Trump falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanour offence in New York. Asked about the call for protests, Mr Pence said that US citizens have a "constitutional right to peaceably assemble" - but also said any action must take place "peacefully and in a lawful manner". In his statement on Saturday Mr Trump called for mass protests from supporters and accused Mr Bragg's office of "illegal leaks" to journalists.

House Republicans head to Florida this week for their annual retreat — straight into the belly of the beast of the 2024 presidential primary campaign.

"He has shown leadership in our state, and people are responding to that," the former lawmaker said. Asked what she thought of DeSantis traveling to the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa this month, Rep. After a better-than-expected showing in the November midterms, Democrats only need to flip five House seats and hold their current ones in order to win back the majority in 2024. “The result was crystal clear: Republicans enjoyed sweeping, historic performances statewide.” Brian Mast, Byron Donalds, Kat Cammack, Neal Dunn, Mike Walz, Corey Mills and Jackson — flocked to Trump’s golf resort, Mar-a-Lago, for the Palm Beach County GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner. As their three-day issues retreat in Orlando kicks off Sunday, Republicans are desperately trying to stay out of the growing Trump-vs.-DeSantis fray. The Sunshine State is home to both former President Donald Trump, who wants his old job back, and Gov. When other Republicans were faltering in key races, Governor DeSantis provided a positive vision for the future with prudent, conservative action,” Roy said in his endorsement. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, the House GOP campaigns chief this cycle; Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, Trump’s former White House physician; Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio; and conservative Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Mary Miller of Illinois, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and Harriet Hageman of Wyoming. I could endorse but I haven’t,” Speaker Kevin McCarthy said last week in Washington.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent an email to his staff Saturday assuring them that their safety is “top priority.” Bragg's office has been ...

In a social media post on Saturday, Trump said that he expects to be arrested Tuesday, citing leaks from the "corrupt" DA's office. Law enforcement agencies across New York have been [making security arrangements](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/17/trump-grand-jury-new-york-law-enforcement-prepping-for-indictment.html) in the case that the former president is criminally charged. He urged his supporters to protest on his behalf. The email was first reported by "PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!" - In a social media post Saturday, Trump said that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday and urged his supporters to protest on his behalf.

Donald Trump speaks at the Adler Theatre. Former President Donald Trump is receiving backup from a host of Republicans as he prepares for a potential arrest ...

[“The Justice Department’s fight against judge shopping in Texas,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/19/judge-shopping-justice-protests-texas/) by WaPo’s Perry Stein: “The Justice Department has challenged three high-profile lawsuits filed in Texas against Biden administration policies, accusing state politicians of choosing small, conservative federal court divisions that have little relevance to their cases but nearly guarantee them a sympathetic judge. [“Haley, Ramaswamy among those taking on ‘woke ideology’ in SC,”](https://apnews.com/article/woke-ideology-republicans-president-2024-south-carolina-4692d1165483062c95be067b651f49cc) by AP’s Meg Kinnard Charleston presidential forum,”](https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/nikki-haley-tim-scott-compete-for-homegrown-sc-support-at-n-charleston-presidential-forum/article_1f824ba4-c591-11ed-a157-1b55cdf61144.html) by the Post and Courier’s Caitlin Byrd: “When PAUL GODWIN talks with his friends about the still-growing 2024 Republican presidential field, he says they all say the same thing: ‘We love NIKKI [HALEY].’ But after attending the Vision ’24 National Conservative Forum on March 18, Godwin glanced over his shoulder and turned his body away from the crowd. MARK KELLY (D-Ariz.) on the potential Trump arrest, on “State of the Union”: “I think it’s very important for the Manhattan DA to look into this thoroughly. Tensions have boiled over in recent days amid the administration’s push to forge a free-trade deal on critical minerals to resolve a dispute with the European Union over electric-vehicle subsidies, the latest in a string of such pacts that skirt congressional approval.” [“20 Years After Iraq War, Some Senators Still Think It Was Worth It,”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iraq-war-anniversary-authorization_n_64148a95e4b0bc5cb6501748) by HuffPost’s Igor Bobic and Paul Blumenthal … Not if these Republican lawmakers can help it,”](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/19/abortion-on-the-ballot-not-if-these-republican-lawmakers-can-help-it-00087688) by Alice Miranda Ollstein: “Legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma are debating bills this session that would hike the filing fees, raise the number of signatures required to get on the ballot, restrict who can collect signatures, mandate broader geographic distribution of signatures, and raise the vote threshold to pass an amendment from a majority to a supermajority. On what she wants to see next, on ABC’s “This Week”: “I’m calling for an independent investigation of the Fed and the whole regulatory system here. PETER MEIJER](https://twitter.com/RepMeijer/status/1637108466425667586), who supported Trump’s impeachment and lost his Republican primary as a result, said that this “indictment is a billion dollar gift-in-kind from Democrats to Trump’s ‘24 campaign.”) And indeed, it’s plausible that charges could lead to a rally-to-the-flag effect among Republican primary voters. CHRIS SUNUNU (R-N.H.), on CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning: “A lot of the Democrats have misplayed this, in terms of building sympathy for the former president. Trump, has led to the brink of a historic development: the first criminal indictment of a former American president.” 6 attacks by Trump’s supporters, the sense that the other legal shoe is about to drop calls to mind the “Mueller Is Coming” era, and Republican officials rallying to his defense is a rehash of…

Former Vice President Mike Pence balked at the idea of a potential indictment of Donald Trump, categorizing any possible prosecutorial actions as ...

My focus is going to continue to be on the issues that are affecting the American people.” “The American people have a constitutional right to peacefully assemble,” Pence said, adding, “The frustration the American people feel about what they sense is a two-tiered justice system in this country, I think is well founded. Trump, though, has already cited executive privilege in a motion to prevent Pence from testifying before a grand jury. “The president’s wrong,” Pence told ABC. [ former boss](https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45) amid mounting expectations that he will vie for the Republican presidential nomination. His team said after Trump’s post that it had not received any notifications from prosecutors.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday said “the circus continues” in response to a question about former President Trump claiming he'll be ...

But being indicted, I don’t think it ever helps anybody.” [Sunday Talk Shows](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/) [Sunday Talk Shows](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/) [Sunday Talk Shows](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/) [Sunday Talk Shows](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/) So I don’t think that the American people probably see this as a huge crime,” Christie said. than to say it helps his campaign? I mean, look, he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. Former New Jersey Gov.

Manhattan district attorney expected to file criminal charges against ex-president for $130000 payment to adult film star in 2016.

According to court filings in the federal case, the Trump Organization falsely recorded the payments as legal expenses, referencing a legal retainer with Cohen that did not exist. Trump later reimbursed Cohen with $35,000 checks using his personal funds, and Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal charges involving the hush money. Forget the story”, that proves her silence was desired long before Trump was running for president. Costello was once a legal adviser to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen but the two have since fallen out. Trump’s legal team has separately focused on a defense strategy. Trump and his allies have suggested in recent days that an indictment in the hush money case could benefit him politically – the Republican base might see the years-old case as a genuine “witch-hunt” as he has claimed – but it is also true that Trump himself is deeply fearful of criminal charges.

Prosecutors in New York, Georgia and the Justice Department face complex choices about what crimes to charge if they decide to indict Donald Trump.

These include [Section 21-2-603](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-21/chapter-2/article-15/section-21-2-603/), which makes it a crime to conspire with another person to violate a provision of the election code, and [Section 21-2-604](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-21/chapter-2/article-15/section-21-2-604/), which makes it a crime to solicit another person to commit election fraud. Trump’s interactions with various lawyers and aides in pursuit of his effort to prevent the certification of Mr. 6 committee highlighted the efforts to submit slates of fake electors to Congress and to the National Archives. [Section 1001 of Title 18](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001) makes it a crime to make a false statement to a law enforcement officer about a fact material to the officer’s investigation, and [Section 371](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371) makes it a crime to conspire with another person to break that or any other law. The House committee that carried out the investigation into the riot last year made a criminal referral of Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results and the events of Jan. Trump have recounted how he sometimes ripped up official documents, and [the National Archives has said](https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/ferriero-response-to-02.09.2022-maloney-letter.02.18.2022.pdf) that some of the Trump White House paper records transferred to it had been torn up — some of which were taped back together and some of which were not reconstructed. [Section 2071 of Title 18](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2071), which criminalizes the concealment or destruction of official documents, whether or not they were related to national security. [affidavit for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/26/us/trump-search-affidavit-release.html) was [Section 793(e) of Title 18](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793), a provision of the Espionage Act. Prosecutors would also have to show that the documents related to the national defense, that they were closely held and that their disclosure could harm the United States or aid a foreign adversary. The public understanding of Mr. Daniels, and the Trump Organization reimbursed him over the course of 2017, according to

Attorney Robert Costello, once a legal adviser to Trump attorney Michael Cohen, will appear Monday before the New York grand jury investigating the former ...

“Yes, I was asked to make myself available and to be at the DA’s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness,” Cohen said on MSNBC Sunday. While Trump has an extensive history of civil litigation both before and after taking office, a criminal charge would represent a dramatic escalation of his legal woes as he works to recapture the White House. A person familiar with the matter told CNN that Costello contacted both the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and lawyers for Trump to offer evidence that contradicts what Cohen has said publicly about the alleged hush money payments.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg's office appears poised to begin the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former president … over Donald Trump's ...

Bragg concluded that the proposed case was not strong enough, [ which prompted](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/what-really-happened-to-the-criminal-investigation-of-trump.html) the two lawyers to resign and eventually led one of them last month to publish a very inconveniently timed tell-all account — one that may have perversely [ made it harder](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/mark-pomerantzs-revealing-fight-with-alvin-bragg-over-trump.html) for the office to convict Trump now given all of the internal dirty laundry that was aired [ in the process](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAT3nw6YSj4). At some point [ all that changed](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/15/merrick-garland-donald-trump-00066769) — though [ not as soon](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/why-isnt-justice-department-investigating-trump-over-2020.html) as it should have — apparently as a result of some combination of the House select committee’s [ January 6 hearings](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/07/8-big-takeaways-from-the-january-6-committee-hearings.html) last year, Trump’s [ apparent stonewalling](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/making-sense-of-the-the-donald-trump-raid.html) of the investigation concerning the documents at Mar-a-Lago, and Biden’s own [ publicly reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/02/us/politics/merrick-garland-biden-trump.html) frustration last spring that Trump remained legally unscathed despite everything we had already learned about his role in the events leading up to Jan. [ reportedly began](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/22/can-cyrus-vance-jr-nail-trump) during the Trump administration under Bragg’s predecessor, [ Cy Vance](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/is-cy-vance-punting-the-donald-trump-investigation.html), as a result of the payments to Daniels, but it eventually grew to include more expansive and factually complex questions about whether the Trump Organization had criminally defrauded lenders, insurers, and tax authorities by manipulating the values of Trump’s assets. [ secured convictions](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/trump-organization-convicted-on-all-counts-in-criminal-trial.html) on those relatively modest charges, but shortly after Bragg took office at the start of last year, the two prosecutors leading the investigation at the time asked him to sign off on broader criminal fraud charges against Trump based on his alleged involvement in manipulating the value of his assets. [ publicly](https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/901679755/one-tough-question-for-doj-if-biden-is-elected-whether-to-prosecute-trump) and [ privately](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959) said during the 2020 campaign and transition that he did not want his administration to be consumed with investigations of Trump; the notion, which was dubious even at the time, was that a federal investigation and perhaps prosecution of Trump would further divide the country at a time when Biden hoped to unify it. The most logical rationale for the Justice Department to use to impose upon local prosecutors to stand down is that federal prosecutors can and will handle the case(s) themselves, but at least as to the investigation by Bragg’s office, there is no parallel federal inquiry that even remotely covers the conduct at issue. Some observers also suggested that the new administration could finally charge Trump with obstructing [the Mueller investigation](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/trump-prosecution.html), but that did not happen, and the Biden Justice Department [ has not addressed](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/justice-department-mar-a-lago-raid.html) the matter publicly. [ was tasked](https://www.law360.com/articles/1121882/doj-says-ex-deutsche-traders-spoofing-is-wire-fraud) with persuading judges that a form of market manipulation was a crime under the federal wire fraud statute even though this was a “novel” theory at the time — one that drew intense public opposition from [ the Chamber of Commerce](https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4ae742de-6673-47e0-bd40-996802f54b84) and other leading financial services advocacy groups. The New York Times [has described](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/nyregion/trump-potential-criminal-charges-bragg.html) the prospective case as one that “hinges on an untested and therefore risky legal theory involving a complex interplay of laws, all amounting to a low-level felony.” Cohen handled the hush payment on behalf of Trump, [ pled guilty](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax) in 2018 to federal campaign finance violations based on his involvement, and has spent the intervening years doing pretty much anything he can to ensure that Trump suffers the same legal fate that he did and winds up doing prison time. [ public reports](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/01/trump-could-be-charged-over-stormy-daniels-hush-money.html), the prospective case against the former president appears to concern Trump’s [ payment of hush money](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/trump-stormy-daniels-payment-probe) to the adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet in the final weeks of the 2016 election about an alleged affair between the two. There are concerns that the indictment [ might even boost](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/could-an-indictment-actually-help-trumps-2024-campaign.html) Trump’s reelection prospects.

Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, said he will return to the district attorney's office Monday to stand by as a rebuttal witness. Attorney Robert Costello in ...

Following the report, Trump predicted Saturday on his social media platform, Truth Social, [that he would be arrested Tuesday ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-illegal-leaks-indicate-will-arrested-tuesday-ny-hush-money-rcna75577)and called on supporters to protest. And last week, Tacopina said the [Trump won’t appear before the grand jury](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-will-not-appear-grand-jury-probing-hush-money-payment-lawyer-say-rcna74632). [“no plans”](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-meet-lawyers-strategy-hush-money-probe-rcna74451) to meet with the district attorney’s office. But he did acknowledge that he repaid Cohen the $130,000, a payment he claims was legal. Cohen alleged that Trump directed him to pay the hush money for the “principal purpose of influencing” the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and said he didn't have an affair with Daniel.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg said in an email to staff on Saturday that his office will "not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or ...

But we’re watching this, we’ll watch it, of course, closely.” … People are going to be upset.” “If this is what we’re doing in this country, you better secure the premises. Bragg said his office is coordinating with the New York City Police Department and the court to “ensure that any specific or credible threats against the office will be fully investigated and that the proper safeguards are in place so all 1,600 of us have a secure work environment,” according to the email, which was first obtained by Politico. [Alvin Bragg ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/19/politics/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-trump/index.html)said in an email to staff on Saturday that his office will “not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York.” [President Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45) posted on social media that he expects to be arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation by New York prosecutors into a [ hush money scheme](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/politics/trump-manhattan-district-attorney-charges-explainer/index.html) involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels and called on his supporters to protest any such move.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against increasingly hostile rhetoric from the former president of the United States.

It became routine for a Post photographer to pepper Bragg with questions when he arrived at the D.A.’s office each morning, when he often ignored. The vitriol against Bragg became so rancid — and sometimes racist — friends worried for his safety. Vance left office before the case was finished, leaving the decision about charges to Bragg. Lee Zeldin, a Republican, campaigned for governor last year partly on a promise to remove the independently elected Bragg from office. The law enforcement officials are also discussing a multitude of security plans for lower Manhattan in the event Trump is indicted. Law enforcement officials in New York are also closely monitoring online chatter warning of protests and violence if Trump is arrested, four law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. His life experience includes growing up in Harlem during the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic and being held at gunpoint six times — three times by police. Vance Jr., authorized Pomerantz and another top deputy, Carey Dunne, to seek an indictment on charges that Trump exaggerated the worth of his assets in financial statements he gave to lenders. Mainly posted online and in chat groups, the messages have included calls for armed protesters to block law enforcement officers and attempt to stop any potential arrest, the officials said. Among other things, it said the DA would no longer prosecute some low-level misdemeanor crimes, including subway fare evasion and marijuana possession. His office has also declined comment. In his memo Saturday night, he wrote that the office is working with court officers and New York City police to ensure they are safe and that “any specific or credible threats against the office” are investigated.

ORLANDO, Florida — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged calm Sunday and said Americans should not protest if former President Donald Trump is indicted and ...

But she joined McCarthy in urging Trump supporters not to protest an indictment, saying they should instead join Trump at a March 25 rally in Waco, Texas. "This applies directly to that," McCarthy told reporters. I'm not going to New York. I don't need to protest." Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a top Trump ally, said people have the constitutional right to peacefully protest. And this will not hold up in court if this is what he wants to do.”

House Republicans had hoped to use their annual retreat to get on the same page about upcoming policy battles and devise a strategy to preserve their ...

“I don’t expect to get 218 on the first blush. “This is gonna be a nice opportunity for us to just get in the same room, have a couple hundred of us breathe the same air, and remind ourselves that we have more in common than we have apart.” Fitzpatrick told CNN, “It’s definitely an adjustment,” when describing the House Republicans’ transition from minority to majority, particularly for those members who have not served in the majority before. Bacon framed the stakes of the legislative fights with Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to come by saying, “We need to be the governing party that voters trust. “I’m going to wait until I hear more facts and read the indictment itself,” Rep. “The real test is going to be the must-pass pieces of legislation.” “Because that’s what the American people elected us to do.” “Americans have the right to assemble and the right to protest. And some were also skeptical about the need for a congressional response to a potential Trump indictment. “The question is really going to be as we get into phase two,” GOP Rep. “I could endorse in the primary, but I haven’t endorsed,” he told reporters on Friday. Even some GOP lawmakers who have called for the party to move on from Trump have lined up to offer their full-throated defense of the ex-president, attacking [the Manhattan District Attorney’s office ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/19/politics/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-trump/index.html)that is investigating Trump as a political witch hunt.