The indictment is sealed with the court, but the charges are likely to relate to Trump’s involvement in a $130,000 payment his lawyer made to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
What Happens After Trump’s Indictment Unsealed? – Here Are Things To Know! (PHOTO: NBC Right Now)
Trump’s Indictment
Former president Donald Trump has been indicted in Manhattan, making him the first former president in history to be charged with a crime. all eyes will be on Trump’s indictment after he was charged for his role in hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign to suppress her story of their alleged affair.
Moreover, Cohen claims the money was to keep her silent about the affair she says she had with the married Trump in 2006, and federal prosecutors have said that was for the intention of influencing the outcome of the 2016 election. Trump has insisted on any wrongdoing and consistently said there was no affair.
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Here Are Five Legal Issues To Look Out For After Trupm’s Indictment Unsealed
- The Legal Theory Of The Case
Prosecutors could charge Trump with falsifying the business records of the Trump Organization to disguise money he gave Cohen as “legal expenses,” when it should be to reimburse him for hush money that charge is a misdemeanor.
- Crimes Unknow To the Public
Manhattan Prosecutors had previously enacted Trump,s indictment in connection to the alleged hush money scheme, and the federal investigation into Trump about the case withered away long ago.
Former superior prosecutor Mark Pomerantz drafted a detailed financial fraud case against Trump in a current book, but District Attorney Alvin Bragg didn’t prosecute. Moreover, Trump’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg for a long time was convicted of five months behind bars for his role in the company’s tax fraud case.
- How do prosecutors prove Trump’s ‘intent to defraud’?
New York prosecutors have brought several past issues concerning phony business records, but they mainly involved a person submitting the fake documents to a third party, like an insurer or a tax agency.
- The Trump’s Indictment And Cohen’s roles?
Cohen is a key witness, but prosecutors can’t pivot their whole case on his testimony. In New York, no one can be convicted based on testimony from an accomplice to a crime without corroborating evidence.
Trump’s attorneys suggested that Cohen acted to settle Daniels without Trump’s knowledge or approval or that Trump was simply following his then-lawyer’s advice but federal prosecutors said Cohen “acted in coordination with and at the guidance of” Trump.
- Is it a ‘speaking’ indictment?
Prosecutors occasionally file a bare-bones charging document that doesn’t indicate much information. In other cases, prosecutors paint a far more vivid picture of their allegations with detail that isn’t required to meet the elements of the crime, understood as a speaking indictment. What path do they take here?
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