Former US President Donald Trump is a name synonymous with controversies. Before, during, and even after his presidency, the former ‘The Celebrity Apprentice‘ host has had a run-in with troubles. His name was recently involved in a 2016 case where he paid hush money to silence Stormy Daniels.
During the trial, the 76-year-old was indicted by a Grand jury in Manhattan in the case. It makes the first criminal case against him or any US President ever. This will severely impact his run for the 2024 Presidential elections. So let’s find out the details of this interesting turn of events.
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Donald Trump Is Indicted By A Grand Jury
Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan Grand Jury over the hush money case. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the news was confirmed by Joe Tacopina, one of Trump’s lawyers.
Trump has become the first former US President to be indicted for a criminal charge. This will surely polarize both the left wing and the right. His supporters might believe that he is a victim of a political witch hunt.
While his detractors will think that he lied his way to the top. He has been denying the charges and had urged his supporters to protest. This prompted the officials to tighten the security around the Manhattan criminal courthouse.
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What Is The Hush Money Scandal?
Ahead of the 2016 Presidential elections, Trump allegedly paid adult film star, Stormy Daniels a hefty sum to not talk about their sexual encounter which took place in the year 2006.
Daniels has said that the two met around the same time as Trump married Melania, his third wife. He has denied these allegations and has maintained the payment was made to stop her “false and extortionist accusations.”
The two met at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe and she later went to meet Trump in his hotel room. In 2007, he again requested to meet her and demanded sexual favors for her appearance on ‘The Celebrity Apprentice.’ Stormy denied his advances this time.
During the run-up to the 2016 election, she signed a non-disclosure agreement to not publicly talk about her relationship with Trump in exchange for $130,000.
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