Former President Donald Trump returned to New York on Thursday where he was being questioned under oath in a fraud lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, calling them “staggering” fraudsters.
Former US President Donald Trump faces a “legal tsunami’ post his arraignment by a New York court on 34 charges of felony, including tax fraud by his businesses and the hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, thus crashing hopes of a Republican nomination for his third presidential run.
An attorney for former US President Donald Trump said that he expects to make a motion to dismiss any charges brought by a Manhattan grand jury in the hush-money payment case involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan criminal court around 2:15 pm ET Tuesday (April 4) following his indictment on Thursday, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
That both U.S. democracy and its legal system would be severely tested by an alleged hush money payment to an adult movie star only adds to the stunning development that a former president has been indicted for the first time in history for a crime.
New York City has girded itself for the fallout from a possible arrest of former US President Donald Trump — a historic event if it happens — setting up barricades around the city and mobilising law enforcement, while Republicans prepared a counter-offensive.
