A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The New York Times reports on the vote following interviews with four people close to the investigation. The charges against Trump are as of yet unknown.
But he is the first president of the United States — and presidential candidate — to face serious criminal charges.
As The New York Times reports:
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal charges.
The felony indictment, filed under seal by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will likely be announced in the coming days. By then, prosecutors working for the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, will have asked Mr. Trump to surrender and to face arraignment on charges that remain unknown for now.
Mr. Trump has for decades avoided criminal charges despite persistent scrutiny and repeated investigations, creating an aura of legal invincibility that the vote to indict now threatens to puncture.
His actions surrounding his 2020 electoral defeat are now the focus of a separate federal investigation, and a Georgia prosecutor is in the final stages of an investigation into Mr. Trump’s attempts to reverse the election results in that state.
Bragg’s decision to seek an indictment against Trump is unprecedented.
The news comes over a week after Trump said he would be arrested.
Bloomberg TV has more on how the indictment may affect Trump’s other legal challenges and political aspirations.
Former Trump attorney and convicted felon Michael Cohen reacted to the news with a statement saying that “no one is above the law.”
Cohen added that he stood by the “testimony and the evidence I have provided to [the District Attorney of New York].”
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