Yesterday, I was complaining that the New York City grand jury looking at the Stormy Daniels payoff was going on one month vacation.
Today, they voted to indict Donald Trump.
No specifics on the charges yet, they have not been unsealed.
Based on my limited understanding of the law, it appears that it might be falsifying business records, conspiring to evade campaign finance law, etc.
Donald Trump was indicted for his role in paying hush-money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election, marking the first time in American history that a former president has faced criminal charges.
The grand jury returned the indictment of Mr. Trump after a vote on Thursday, kicking off a process in which the former president is expected to come to New York to face the charges. The indictment, sought by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, isn’t public.
“This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender,” a Bragg spokeswoman said.
In New York, judges routinely keep charges under wraps until defendants make their initial appearance in court. Mr. Trump is likely to surrender and appear for his arraignment on Tuesday, said Susan Necheles, one of his lawyers.
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The case brought by Mr. Bragg, a Democrat, is far from a sure bet. Mr. Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr. , and federal prosecutors each passed on charging Mr. Trump in a stand-alone case related to the hush money. If the case goes to trial, a conviction would almost certainly require a jury to credit the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who has faced his own legal troubles and pleaded guilty to an array of federal felonies in 2018. Among them was a campaign-finance offense for the porn-star payment, as well as charges of lying to a bank and to Congress.
I am smiling, but not celebrating.
I won't celebrate until they strap on an ankle monitor and make him turn over his passport.
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