Trump predicts arrest over Stormy Daniels payout — RT World News
The former US president called on his supporters to ‘protest, take back our nation’ if he is arrested on Tuesday
Former US President Donald Trump has warned he will be “arrested Tuesday” in an all-caps post on social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, crediting “illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office” for his advanced knowledge.
“With no crime that can be proven, and based on an ancient fairy tale that has been fully debunked (by many other prosecutors), the far-off Republican candidate and former President of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week. “, Trump predicted, urging his supporters to “protest, take back our nation!”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has neither confirmed nor denied whether he plans to issue a campaign finance violation indictment for the presidential candidate’s alleged payment of silent money. Trump, to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016, when contacted by Fox News on Friday.
Trump was asked to testify before a grand jury earlier this month regarding the Stormy Daniels scandal, a move that many interpreted as a prelude to an indictment. If so, he would be the first former US president to be indicted. Several law enforcement agencies are said to be discussing “security preparations” should he be put on trial.
Trump attorney Joe Tacopino condemned prosecutors for allegedly “fully armed” the justice system, pointing out that the alleged crime – tampering with records – was a misdemeanor and only becomes a crime if prosecutors can prove it was intentionally and maliciously committed. Additionally, Tacopino said, Trump cannot be sued in New York State on a federal election charge, and since Trump’s personal funds were used to pay the porn actress, the payment was not not a campaign expense at all.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has admitted paying Daniels $130,000 not to share her affair with the real estate mogul with the public after the porn star’s reps tried to sell his story to the National Enquirer. However, the former president denied having an affair with Daniels.
Michael Avenatti, the attorney who represented Daniels in her efforts to extricate herself from the nondisclosure agreement she signed with Cohen, was sentenced last year to four years in prison for defrauding the adult film actress around $300,000.
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