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Analysis: Trump indictment on hush money charges brings few new facts

Analysis: Trump indictment on hush money charges brings few new facts

JACK QUEEN, LUC COHEN and JACQUELINE THOMSEN THE long-awaited charges against Donald Trump centring on hush money payments to suppress damaging news stories ahead of the 2016 election revealed few new details about a case that prosecutors have probed on and off for five years. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Tuesday that Trump made false records in his family real estate company's books to conceal that he reimbursed his personal lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment before the 2016 election to a woman who says she had an affair with him. The case marks the first time…
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Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump indictment is porn star turned ghostbuster

Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump indictment is porn star turned ghostbuster

JULIA HARTE ADULT film star Stormy Daniels has built a lucrative business empire around her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump and earned legions of fans for her breezy retorts to those who cast her as an immoral woman. Her popularity and profits appeared to get a boost with the news of Trump's indictment on Thursday in a case involving a $130,000 hush payment she received in the waning days of his 2016 election campaign. "Thank you to everyone for your support and love!" she posted on Twitter after news of the criminal charges broke. "#Teamstormy merch/autograph orders are…
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In watershed moment, Trump indictment sets US on uncertain course

In watershed moment, Trump indictment sets US on uncertain course

KAREN FREIFELD, LUC COHEN and TYLER CLIFFORD DONALD Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in 2024, is set to face a mug shot, finger-printing and a court appearance next week after being indicted over a probe into hush money paid to a porn star in a historic U.S. first. The possible spectacle of Trump's appearance in Manhattan before a judge as the first sitting or former President to face criminal charges, with international media camped outside, could further divide the world's most powerful country. The specific charges against Trump are not yet known as the indictment…
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New York City braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests

New York City braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests

KAREN FREIFELD and LUC COHEN WORKERS erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign. It would be the first-ever criminal case against any U.S. president. On Saturday, Trump urged followers on social media to protest what he said was his looming arrest. In his call for protests, Trump raised concerns for law enforcement that supporters might engage in violence similar to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Fearing a trap, however,…
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