Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he expected to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges of secretly paying money to a porn star, and urged his supporters to protest. "Illegal leaks from the corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney's Office ... suggest that the leading Republican nominee and former President of the United States will be arrested without evidence of wrongdoing on Tuesday next week," Donald Trump wrote to Truth Social.
A Trump spokesperson said the former president had not been informed of any arrests. Trump provided no evidence of legal leaks and did not address possible charges in his message.
"Protest, take back our nation!" said Trump, whose supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to reverse his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
The investigation comes as Trump seeks the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
No US president has ever been prosecuted while in office or since. Trump has announced that he will continue his campaign even if he is accused of a crime.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is investigating a secret $130,000 payment made by former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen to porn actor Stormy Daniels, has refused to comment.
Sources say Bragg's office presented evidence to a grand jury for the payment made in the final days of Trump's 2016 campaign in exchange for Daniel's silence about an affair he had with Trump a decade earlier. early.
Trump denied the case ever took place and called the investigation by Mr Bragg, a Democrat, a witch hunt.
Another witness is scheduled to appear before the grand jury on Monday at the request of Trump's attorneys, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Trump's statement that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday was based on reports that Bragg's office would meet with police to prepare a possible indictment, said the person, who spoke under the guise of 'anonymity.
Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy condemned the investigation on Saturday.
"Here we are again: an outrageous abuse of power by a radical prosecutor letting violent criminals go as he seeks political revenge on President Trump," McCarthy tweeted.
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Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he expected to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges of secretly paying money to a porn star, and urged his supporters to protest. "Illegal leaks from the corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney's Office ... suggest that the leading Republican nominee and former President of the United States will be arrested without evidence of wrongdoing on Tuesday next week," Donald Trump wrote to Truth Social.
Read Also : Why is SEO strategy too important for websites and what strategies are those?A Trump spokesperson said the former president had not been informed of any arrests. Trump provided no evidence of legal leaks and did not address possible charges in his message.
"Protest, take back our nation!" said Trump, whose supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to reverse his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
The investigation comes as Trump seeks the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
No US president has ever been prosecuted while in office or since. Trump has announced that he will continue his campaign even if he is accused of a crime.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is investigating a secret $130,000 payment made by former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen to porn actor Stormy Daniels, has refused to comment.
Sources say Bragg's office presented evidence to a grand jury for the payment made in the final days of Trump's 2016 campaign in exchange for Daniel's silence about an affair he had with Trump a decade earlier. early.
Trump denied the case ever took place and called the investigation by Mr Bragg, a Democrat, a witch hunt.
Another witness is scheduled to appear before the grand jury on Monday at the request of Trump's attorneys, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Trump's statement that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday was based on reports that Bragg's office would meet with police to prepare a possible indictment, said the person, who spoke under the guise of 'anonymity.
Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy condemned the investigation on Saturday.
"Here we are again: an outrageous abuse of power by a radical prosecutor letting violent criminals go as he seeks political revenge on President Trump," McCarthy tweeted.