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America continues to divide and remain in suspense over the possible arrest of Donald Trump in the case of porn star Stormy Daniels. The former US president could be indicted today by the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, but he could appear at the New York prosecutor’s office next week (ALL INVESTIGATIONS IN WHICH TRUMP IS INVOLVED). The brings it back Daily MailWhile Fox he argues that there is also the possibility that Attorney Alvin Bragg decides not to proceed. One or more witnesses will be heard by the grand jury, then deliberations will begin. If there is an indictment, Trump’s lawyers will be notified immediately and negotiations on terms for Trump’s court appearance will begin. Meanwhile, New York is armored, with police, barriers and cameras in front of the Manhattan courthouse and Trump Tower.
Trump ready to indict
The idea of a parade in front of TV cameras and journalists at the Manhattan prosecutor’s office does not displease Donald Trump who, with his collaborators in Mar-a-Lago, also joked about the possibility of smiling at the media. The former president believes he is ready for the ‘perp walk’, or the practice commonly used by the police to expose an arrested suspect to the cameras for photos and videos. To tell the state of mind of the tycoon in view of an indictment of him is the New York Times, according to which his advisers are not sure if his attitude is bravado or resignation for what awaits him. Trump wouldn’t be concerned about the details of where and how he will be filmed: what he wants is to have the opportunity to show the public that he doesn’t run away in shame.
To the lawyers still no notification from the prosecution
Manhattan prosecutors have yet to formally notify the ex if they intend to indict him for paying porn star Stormy Daniels. Fox reports it citing some sources, according to which there is also the possibility that the prosecutor Alvin Bragg decides not to proceed. One or more witnesses will be heard at 19.00 Italian by the grand jury, then the deliberations will begin. The last one, cited by Trump’s defense, was the lawyer Robert Costello, who accused his colleague Michael Cohen of having decided on his own to pay Stormy Daniels $ 130,000 to buy his silence on an affair ten years earlier which could jeopardize the 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen instead claimed that he had done it at the request of the boss and that he had been reimbursed with electoral funds under the false heading of ‘legal expenses’. A misdemeanor, if classified as falsifying Trump Organization accounting, with a maximum sentence of less than one year. But the prosecution could consider it a more serious offense (felony) for the intent to commit or conceal another crime, with a sentence of 1 to 4 years. If there is an indictment, Trump’s lawyers will be notified immediately and negotiations on terms for Trump’s court appearance will begin. An indictment, he highlights Foxcould arrive as early as today but Trump should appear in the prosecutor’s office no earlier than next week.
Strengthened security in New York and other major cities
Meanwhile, New York is an armored city: police, barriers and cameras in front of the Manhattan courthouse and Trump Tower. But other major American cities are also doing it, from the capital (where an emergency declaration by the Congressional police is expected) to Los Angeles, due to fear of protests increased by the surge in online threats, while a dangerous institutional clash between the House and attorney Alvin Bragg. The tycoon had announced that he would end up in handcuffs on March 21, urging his fans to demonstrate and “take back the country”, along the lines of what he did at the rally on January 6, 2021 in which he instigated them to march on the Capitol to block the certification of victory by Joe Biden. But the timing of the arrest, which would be the first of a former US president, appears uncertain. The former president will still suffer the shame of the mugshot and fingerprinting but will probably be spared handcuffs and will be released immediately, unless he instigates violence. For the trial, however, we will have to wait months, when the electoral campaign for the White House will already be in full swing and perhaps Trump will be indicted in other more serious investigations, from efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 elections to the management of top secret documents.
Source-tg24.sky.it