Debut in the American judiciary: Former President Donald Trump has to go to court in New York. What does the indictment mean for his political future?
Once again, Donald Trump is making history. On Thursday night, rather abruptly, it was agreed: the 45th US president will be indicted. A jury in New York voted in favor. The once most powerful man in the world will now be fingerprinted and possibly handcuffed in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, his lawyers say. You really don’t know all this. Never before has a former US president been prosecuted. Donald Trump sets a precedent and the cause is a test of justice and democracy.
In Manhattan, prosecutors are filing charges against Trump, the former real estate investor and television personality who wants to return to the White House and has been running for the Republican presidential ticket again since November. The case was triggered by a clandestine payment: Stephanie Clifford, aka “Stormy Daniels”, porn actress and businesswoman, received $130,000 from Trump’s lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, during the 2016 presidential election campaign. investigators framed a case covering Trump’s alleged fraudulent business practices – the charge had not yet been made public as of Friday.