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On 14 Dec 2021, Molly Bolt <
mollythebolt666@gmail.com> posted some news:
40061f06-4d4e-4a61-8b2f-a4a52c131c89n@googlegroups.com:
The nigger DA is in big trouble now.
Former President Trump said Thursday that he "cannot get a fair trial in
New York," after being indicted by a grand jury following the years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
TRUMP INDICTMENT: LIVE UPDATES
The Manhattan grand jury issued an unprecedented indictment of a former president of the United States and leading Republican presidential
candidate of the 2024 cycle.
"They only brought this Fake, Corrupt, and Disgraceful Charge against me because I stand with the American People, and they know I cannot get a
fair trial in New York!" Trump posted on his TRUTH Social Thursday night.
TRUMP TARGETED: A LOOK AT THE INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE FORMER
PRESIDENT; FROM RUSSIA TO MAR-A-LAGO
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump for
hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
These include the $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy
Daniels, and the $150,000 payment made to former Playboy model Karen
McDougal, Fox News Digital has learned.
Hush money payments made to both McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018. Those payments had been investigated by the
U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York and by the
Federal Election Commission.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York opted out of
charging Trump related to the Stormy Daniels payment in 2019, even as
Cohen implicated him as part of his plea deal. The Federal Election
Commission also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021.
TRUMP INDICTED AFTER MANHATTAN DA PROBE FOR HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS
"This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his
surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme
Court indictment, which remains under seal," a spokesperson for the
Manhattan District Attorney's Office said in a statement Thursday.
"Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected."
Trump slammed Bragg for his "obsession" with trying to "get Trump," after
news of the indictment broke, while warning the move to charge a former president of the United States will "backfire."
"This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest
level in history," Trump said in a statement. "From the time I came down
the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as
your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats- the enemy
of the hard-working men and women of this Country- have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement."
"The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with
trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable—indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference," he said. "Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done."
Trump said Democrats are guilty of "weaponizing our justice system to
punish a political opponent."
"I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden," Trump
said. "The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats
are doing here. Everyone can see it."
The investigation into Trump was opened in 2019 by then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. The probe was focused on possible bank, insurance
and tax fraud. The case initially involved financial dealings of Trump’s Manhattan properties, including his flagship Fifth Avenue building, Trump Tower, and the valuation of his 213-acre estate Seven Springs in
Westchester.
The investigation last year led to tax fraud charges against The Trump Organization, and its finance chief Allen Weisselberg.
TRUMP SAYS DA BRAGG'S 'OBSESSION' WITH TRYING TO 'GET TRUMP' WILL
'BACKFIRE' AFTER GRAND JURY INDICTMENT
Meanwhile, the charges against Trump come amid a separate, special counsel investigation into his alleged improper retention of classified records
from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago home.
Last August, the FBI, in an unprecedented move, raided Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago in connection with an investigation into
classified records the former president allegedly took with him from the
White House.
Attorney General Merrick Garland later appointed Jack Smith as special
counsel to take over that investigation, and the Justice Department’s investigation into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 — specifically whether Trump or other officials and entities interfered with the peaceful
transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election, including the certification of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.
President Biden is also currently under special counsel investigation for
his alleged improper retention of classified records from the Obama administration. Former Vice President Pence also had classified records at
his home—a matter under review by the Justice Department.
The charges against Trump also come while New York Attorney General
Letitia James continues her years-long civil investigation into the Trump Organization to find out whether Trump and his company improperly inflated
the value of assets on financial statements in order to obtain loans and
tax benefits.
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