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Trump indicted by N.Y. grand jury, first ex-president charged with crime

Trump indicted by N.Y. grand jury, first ex-president charged with crime
Trump indicted by N.Y. grand jury, first ex-president charged with crime


By 
Shayna JacobJacqueline Alemany. Josh Dawse and Devlin Barrett

Specific charges have not been made public. But indictment has significant legal, political consequences.

NEW YORK — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former president Donald Trump, his lawyers said on Thursday, making him the first person in U.S. history to serve as commander in chief and then be charged with a crime.

The indictment, which has the potential to alter the country’s political and legal landscape, came after weeks of speculation about whether and when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg might take such a step. It sets the stage for a courthouse showdown between one of the most combative politicians in modern American history and local prosecutors who have pursued him for years.

The grand jury had been hearing evidence about hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, allegedly to keep her from saying she’d had a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.

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