Donald Trumphas been charged this Friday in the framework of the investigation against him for the alleged payment of a bribe to the porn actress Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Danielsso that he kept silent about the alleged relationship they had in 2006, when the former president of the United States was already married to Melania Trump.
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“For the first time in our nation’s history, a president has been indicted. I take comfort in validating the adage that no one is above the law, not even a former president. Today’s indictment is not the end of this chapter, but the beginning,” said Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohena la CNN.
how we publish, Cohen was an instrumental part of the case by giving Stormy about 130,000 dollars (120,000 euros) as “payment for his silence”. A management carried out irregularly by being hidden in the accounts of the Trump Organization, Trump’s company, during the 2016 electoral campaign.
Trump’s reaction to his impeachment
The ex-president has responded to his accusation, which he has described as “political persecution and electoral interference”, through a statement. “This has never been done before in the history of our nation,” he has reproached.
“From the moment I walked down the escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Democrats of the radical left – the enemy of the working men and women of this country – have engaged in a witch hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement,” Trump said.
He has said that he is “a completely innocent person” and that the Democrats are “obsessed with ‘Getting Trump'” and have committed an act of “blatant election interference”, further speculating about the District Attorney handling the case: “Alvin Bragg , who has been personally chosen and financed by George Soros, is a disgrace.”
“Democrats have cheated countless times over the past few decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our judicial system to punish a political opponent, who happens to be a president of the United States and the longest-running Republican candidate. successful, it has never happened. Never”, he stated.
In addition to attacking the Democrats, Trump has also had words for the current US president: “I think this witch hunt is going to have enormous repercussions for Joe Biden. Americans will find out exactly what the radical Democratic left is doing. Everyone can see it. Our movement and our party, united and strong, will defeat first Alvin Bragg and then Joe Biden, and we will kick all these corrupt Democrats out of government to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
His lawyers will appeal the accusation
One of the lawyers on Trump’s legal team, Alina Habba, has stated in a statement that Trump “is a victim of the corrupt and distorted version of justice of the American system and of history.” “President Trump has been indicted. He has not committed any crime. We will vigorously appeal this impeachment in court,” two more Trump lawyers have declared, Susan Necheles y Joseph Tacopinain a statement to NBC.