The New York Times broke reporting that the Manhattan grand jury has officially voted in favor of formally indicting former United States President Donald J. Trump on criminal charges related to the infamous Stormy Daniels hush money payments.
This bombshell development in the long-running Manhattan case against Donald Trump served as the first time in United States history that criminal charges have been lodged against a sitting or former US president.
These charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s extensive investigation into a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult film star and former Trump affair partner Stormy Daniels, by Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and self-described “fixer,” Michael Cohen, just weeks before the 2016 presidential election that Donald Trump would go on to win.
Cohen has repeatedly testified to prosecutors, investigators, and jurors that he was specifically and personally instructed by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to make the 6-figure payment to Daniels, in exchange for her silence about their sexual affair and relationship in the lead up to the election, as Trump was concerned that, should the scandal get out to the public, it would harm his chances of victory in the presidential election. Cohen testified that Trump promised to reimburse him for the $130,000 payment.
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In recent weeks, the ex-president has all but goaded his followers as he made a complete and utter spectacle out of the indictment that, in my opinion, he never believed would actually happen. But, despite the big guy’s dramatic declarations about his impending arrest, once that arrest was actually impending, scandal-ridden and newly-indicted former President Donald Trump melted down into a fit of unhinged panic, fear, and unadulterated anger.
But, to make matters even more interesting still, the Daily Mail has since released a report, seemingly confirming just what exactly the scandal-ridden former guy was up to in the hours and moments leading up to his historical formal criminal indictment.
According to the entertainment tabloid, the disgraced 45th US president “enjoyed a quick nine holes of golf at his prestigious West Palm Beach club” and then skipped his daily lunch at the resort, despite the fact that he had reserved his regular table in the club’s grill room.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg deserves an award — you’re really doing something when you manage to make Donald Trump skip lunch.
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