Details of charges not known as indictment remains under seal, while lawyer says former president will not be placed in handcuffs
A lawyer representing Trump, Joe Tacopina, said on Friday morning that he understood from prosecutors that the former presidentWhile Tacopina admitted that the news of the indictment came as a shock to Trump on Thursday, and it was understood that he learned about his fate from the press, Trump continued to attack the investigation of a hush-money scheme during the 2016 presidential election.
It remains unclear what specifically Trump has been indicted on, but he may face dozens of charges over his role in a $130,000 payment to adult film star, who claims to have had an extramarital affair with Trump beginning in 2006. Trump has denied the affair, and although he has acknowledged reimbursing his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 payment to Daniels, he claims no wrongdoing in the case.
Joe Biden leaves the White House on Friday morning. He did not speak to reporters about the Trump indictment.News of the indictment sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill, as Republicans rushed to Trump’s defense and Democrats reiterated that no one is above the law.