BREAKING: Manhattan prosecutors invited former President Trump to testify, sources say, indicating he may be indicted.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has invited former President Donald Trump to testify before the grand jury investigating a"hush money" payment to an adult film star during the 2016 presidential campaign — a move that suggests Trump could face an indictment in the case, according to a source familiar with the matter. first reported that Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg's office has offered Trump the chance to testify.
In what appeared to be a reference to the hush money episode, the spokesperson characterized Trump as"the victim of extortion then, just as he is now." Trump called the matter an"old, and rebuked case which has been rejected by every prosecutor's office," in a post Thursday on his social media site.against the incumbent who beat him — would be the first former president ever charged with a crime. The probe is focused on Trump's alleged role in a scheme to cover up the payment to Daniels.
Cohen wrote in his 2020 memoir,"Disloyal," that on Oct. 27, 2016, he unsuccessfully attempted to call Trump to confirm that he had made the payment to Daniels. Conway, he said, called back and"said she'd pass along the good news."
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