Investigating a hush-money scheme to ward off an election defeat: Donald J. Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels
There are many investigations surrounding Donald J. Trump’s business and political careers, both at the state and federal levels.
Mr. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts filed by prosecutors in Manhattan related to his role in what they described as a hush-money scheme to cover up a potential sex scandal in order to clear his path to the presidency in 2016. A Georgia prosecutor is in the final stages of an investigation into Mr. Trump’s attempts to reverse the election results in that state.
A number of schemes that Mr. Trump and his associates used to try to stave off defeat have been focus by the special counsel. The prosecutors have been looking at Mr. Trump’s main fund-raising operation after the election.
The Manhattan districtattorney brought the case over Mr. Trump and Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump.
Michael D. Cohen paid the woman, who was referred to as Daniels, to keep her quiet about an affair with Donald Trump. Once he was sworn in as president, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen.
Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say. Mr. Trump denied having a relationship with either Ms. Daniels or Ms. McDougal.
Justice Department Charges TRUMP IN ILLEGAL CONDITIONS: Mr. Trump and Several Other Defendants in Fulton County
Prosecutors in Georgia recently indicated that they would announce indictments this summer in their investigation of Mr. Trump and some of his allies over their efforts to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.
Mr. Trump and his associates had numerous interactions with Georgia officials after the election, including a call in which he urged the secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to “find 11,780 votes” — the number he would have needed to overcome President Biden’s lead there.
Legal experts say that Mr. Trump and others appear to be at “substantial risk” of prosecution for violating a number Georgia statutes, including the state’s racketeering law.
A special grand jury was impaneled in May of last year in Fulton County, and it heard testimony from 75 witnesses behind closed doors over a series of months. The jurors produced a final report, but the most important elements of it — including recommendations on who should be indicted and on what charges — remain under seal.
But the forewoman, Emily Kohrs, has said that indictments were recommended against more than a dozen people, and she strongly hinted in an interview with The New York Times in February that Mr. Trump was included among those names. “You’re not going to be shocked,” she said. It is not rocket science.
Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, will ultimately decide what charges to seek and then bring them before a regular grand jury. She said recently that she would do it during the first three weeks of August.
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Appeals to the NJ Supreme Court’s Report on the 2020 Trump-Indictment Indictment, a “Federal Crimes” Investigated by the Special Counsel’s Office
The committee’s report said that Mr. Trump and his associates had a multipart plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The panel also accused Mr. Trump of inciting insurrection and conspiracy to defraud the United States, among other federal crimes, and referred him and some of his allies to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
The referrals were mainly symbolic, but they sent a powerful signal that a committee of Congress believed that the former president committed crimes.
The special counsel’s office has recently won important legal battles in its inquiry as judges in Washington have issued rulings forcing top Trump administration officials like former Vice President Mike Pence and the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify in front of a grand jury.
It’s difficult to say what charges will come from the federal investigation. But prosecutors continue to pursue a variety of angles. The Trump White House may have been involved in the firing of the cybersecurity official after his agency concluded the 2020 election was the most secure in American history, according to two people briefed on the matter.
The New York attorney general accused Mr. Trump of inflating his assets by billions of dollars.
Ms. James wants to prevent Mr. Trump’s children from running a business in New York.
She successfully requested that a judge appoint an independent monitor to look at the Trump Organization’s financial statements.
Ms. James can’t file criminal charges because her investigation is civil. She could opt to pursue settlement negotiations in hopes of obtaining a swifter financial payout. But if she were to prevail at trial, a judge could impose steep financial penalties on Mr. Trump and restrict his business operations in New York.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/08/us/trump-indictment-documents/justice-department-charges-trump-in-documents-case
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Reporting was contributed by Jonah E. Bromwich , Rebecca Davis O’Brien , Michael Gold , Michael Rothfeld , Ed Shanahan , Richard Fausset and Ashley Wong .