“Protest, take back our nation!” Donald Trump assured Saturday on his social network Truth Social that he was going to be “arrested” on Tuesday and called for demonstrations. “The far-reaching Republican nominee and former President of the United States of America is going to be arrested on Tuesday of next week,” Trump wrote in block letters.
New York prosecutors investigating the American billionaire heard from former porn star Stormy Daniels on Wednesday. The ex-president is suspected of having paid her bribes to keep her silent just before the 2016 election. Donald Trump evoked a “leak” from the prosecution of New York State prosecutors , for the district of Manhattan.
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This case could lead to Donald Trump, 76, also targeted in other court cases, to become the first former American president to be criminally charged. This could complicate his race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
The affair broke out in 2018 when Stormy Daniels claimed to have had sex with Donald Trump a dozen years ago. Donald Trump has denied any connection with Stormy Daniels.