President Donald J. Trump has been officially indicted today, March 30, 2023.
We warned you this was coming since late last year.
Today it finally happened:
BREAKING: Donald Trump’s lawyer says he has been indicted. The case involving payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter is the first criminal case against a former U.S. president. https://t.co/hUZeBaaeDw
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 30, 2023
From The AP:
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, his lawyers said Thursday, producing the first criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly attacked the investigation, called the indictment “political persecution” and predicted it would damage Democrats in 2024.
The indictment is an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. It is likely to galvanize critics who say Trump lied and cheated his way to the top and embolden supporters who feel the Republican is being unfairly targeted by a Democratic prosecutor.
In a statement, his lawyers, Susan Necheles and Joseph Tacopina, said: “He did not commit any crime. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.”
The district attorney’s investigation centered on money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, whom he feared would go public with claims that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him.
Trump was expected to surrender to authorities next week, though the details were still being worked out, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss a matter that remained under seal.
In bringing the charges, the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is embracing an unusual case that had been investigated by two previous sets of prosecutors, both of which declined to take the politically explosive step of seeking Trump’s indictment.
In the weeks leading up to the indictment, Trump railed about the investigation on social media and urged supporters to protest on his behalf, prompting tighter security around the Manhattan criminal courthouse.
TRUMP INDICTMENT LATEST:
• Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump
• Trump’s attorneys have been notified that he has been indicted https://t.co/95w80ESmQS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 30, 2023
NBC News reports the following:
The timing is very interesting…
42 years ago to the day they tried to take out Reagn:
Donald Trump indicted? Today? March 30th? SO 42 years ago TODAY: the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. He Survived, came back better, More BELOVED. 3 years later he won 49 of 50 STATES. Today's attempted POLITICAL ASSASSINATION will FAIL, will only make him STRONGER. pic.twitter.com/1zCeuRe5qx
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) March 30, 2023
Did this just secure him the 2024 win?
Huge mistake?
Many think so:
Big mistake. Game on.
Trump indicted.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 30, 2023
Oh my goodness, is it too early to congratulate President Trump on winning re-election? This is going to backfire so spectacularly! I can't believe they took the bait! #TheFirstArrestWillShockTheWorld
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) March 30, 2023
Here is Kash talking about it on Newsmax:
KASH on Trump's Indictment:
“My initial reaction is that the NY grand jury and the NY prosecutors have violated the one thing that about grand juries you’re never supposed to violate, which is leaking to the public when it suits a political narrative – or leaking. Period.”… pic.twitter.com/tkqlnjoU9k
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) March 30, 2023
And President Trump’s statements released on TruthSocial (I believe it was meant to say “Indicted”):
This may be easier to read:
This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. 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. You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this.
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.
Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done. The Democrats have cheated countless times over the decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President, has never happened before. Ever.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace. Rather than stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City, he’s doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on. This is how Bragg spends his time!
I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Game on!
Now things get interesting…
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