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A yearslong probe into a hush money scheme involving former President Donald Trump and adult film star Stormy Daniels may be nearing an end.
Trump announced on social media Saturday that he anticipates he will be arrested as early as Tuesday in connection with the case, though a spokesperson for the former president said his team has not received any updates from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which is leading the investigation.
CNN’s John Miller reported Friday that law enforcement agencies in New York have held meetings about how to prepare for security in the event Trump is charged. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office declined to comment on Saturday following Trump’s posts.
An indictment against Trump would be historic, marking the first time a former US president and major presidential candidate has ever been criminally charged.
Here’s what to know about the hush money investigation.
Prosecutors in District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office recently asked Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating the matter.
The request represented the clearest indication yet that investigators were nearing a decision on whether to take the unprecedented step of indicting a former president since potential defendants in New York are required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury weighing charges.
The Manhattan DA’s investigation first began under Bragg’s predecessor, Cy Vance, when Trump was still in the White House. It relates to a $130,000 payment made by Trump’s then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to Daniels in late October 2016, days before the 2016 presidential election, to silence her from going public about an alleged affair with Trump a decade earlier. Trump has denied the affair.
At issue in the investigation is the payment made to Daniels and the Trump Organization’s reimbursement to Cohen.
According to court filings in Cohen’s own federal prosecution, Trump Org. executives authorized payments to him totaling $420,000 to cover his original $130,000 payment and tax liabilities and reward him with a bonus.
The Manhattan DA’s investigation has hung over Trump since his presidency, and is just one of several probes the former president is facing as he makes his third bid…
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