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Trump indicted in historic case, set to be arraigned next week.
Former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned as early as Tuesday, according to his defense attorney, in an unprecedented legal case with the potential to reshape the American political landscape ahead of next year’s election.
Trump became the first former US president to be indicted on Thursday when a Manhattan grand jury determined there was enough evidence to proceed with a case against him for directing hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 campaign. The grand jury returned the indictment on Thursday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the charges haven’t yet been made public.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said it had been in contact with Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender for arraignment. Joe Tacopina, Trump’s lawyer, confirmed the former president planned to appear before New York authorities. He said he hasn’t been told what the specific charges are and expects them to remain under seal until the arraignment.
Trump, who is running for president again and faces multiple other legal probes, called the indictment “political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history.” In a statement that also served as a rallying cry to his political base, he described the case as the latest effort by Democrats to “destroy the Make America Great Again movement.”
