Former President Donald Trump said that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday as part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation, while he also called on his supporters to protest the…
in advance of the 2016 presidential election. Trump attorney told MSNBC that the payments were “not a crime” and that Trump was merely following the advice of his attorney at the time, Michael Cohen. Cohen has testified before a grand jury.
An indictment of Trump would be unprecedented in American history. Richard Nixon faced potential criminal charges related to the Watergate scandal after resigning in 1974, but he was pardoned by his successor, President Gerald Ford. A Trump indictment also would occur as he wages a campaign for president, and he may be facing more charges beyond New York.
Trump also faces potential charges from prosecutors in Fulton County, GA over charges that he and his supporters interfered in the 2020 election. A special federal prosecutor, Jack Smith, also is investigating Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, as well as the former president’s handling of documents marked classified that were found at his Florida residence.
If he is indicted and arrested, Trump likely will use the moment to bolster his contention that he is being unfairly targeted by state and federal prosecutors. As he runs for another presidential term, he has characterized those efforts as politically motivated while vowing retribution were he to return to the White House.
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