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Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
2024 NY State trial of Donald J. Trump, index number: 71543-2023 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On March 30, 2023, Donald Trump, president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. It is alleged that he paid hush money to pornographic movie actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 United States presidential election.[1][2][3][4][5][6] (Hush money is a bribe to maintain secrecy - to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime.) The "Hush" money was actually apart of an agreement that was meant to be secret, and the money was to make sure that it was agreed upon, not bribing.
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Date | March 30, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-03-30) (indictment) April 4, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-04-04) (arraignment) |
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Location | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Participants | Alvin Bragg (Manhattan District Attorney) Joe Tacopina (Trump's legal defense attorney) Juan Merchan (Judge of the New York Supreme Court) |
Outcome | Trump convicted on all counts |
Accused | Donald Trump, president of the United States (2017–2021) |
Charges | Falsifying business records and making hush money payments to Stormy Daniels |
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Trump became the first former U.S. president to be indicted and to face criminal and felony charges. He was the first president to be arrested since Ulysses S. Grant was arrested in 1872.[7][8][9][10]