OAN correspondent Daniel Baldwin
10:11 AM PT – Saturday, March 18, 2023
Former President Donald Trump said he believes he will be arrested on Tuesday amidst an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is investigating the 45th president’s alleged role in his company’s classification of a $130,000 hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels. Trump called for protests over the possible looming indictment.
Reports indicated that New York law enforcement officials were making security preparations for a possible indictment. The expectation is that the 45th president will be charged in connection with an alleged hush payment Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, paid to adult actress Stormy Daniels. Cohen reportedly paid $130,000 to Daniels. Reports say prosecutors are expected to accuse Trump of overseeing the false recording of his reimbursement to Cohen in his company’s record keepings.
Trump’s campaign has aggressively defended and maintained his innocence. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung dismissed the allegations altogether Thursday, saying Trump is “completely innocent.”
“President Donald J. Trump is completely innocent,” the statement said. “He did nothing wrong, and even the biggest, most Radical Left Democrats are making that clear.”
Many lawmakers, news outlets, and legal experts are questioning the grounds of this looming indictment. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called the possible indictment “an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA.”
Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump.
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