Donald Trump is part of Monday free “bataille” to New York or a criminal court doit lui signifier mardi son inculpation in a fraud affaire liee à un versement d’argent à une star du porno, un fait judiciaire historique pour un ancien président des USA.
The questioning of justice against Donald Trump is all the more extraordinary since the 76-year-old Republican billionaire, who left the White House amid noise and fury in January 2021, has relaunched in the race for the Republican nomination to win back the United States. presidency in November 2024.
From his luxurious residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, from which he left in a long convoy of cars, supported on the way to the airport by some supporters – “it is an insult (…) Donald Trump is strong and will be our next president”, launched two of them – the 45th president of the United States has prepared for the “battle” of New York according to his lawyers.
“America was not meant to be this way”
“Tuesday morning, believe it or not, I will go to court. The United States was not supposed to be like this,” had launched Sunday night on his Truth Social network who, accused on March 30 for the Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, proclaims his innocence, shouts “witch hunt” and has called on his supporters and Republican tenors to close ranks.
Tuesday “is the day, in my opinion, in which the rule of law is dead in the United States,” the billionaire’s lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, judged on television this Sunday.
The real estate magnate, born in New York and where he prospered thanks to his fortune and his empire, must be notified on Tuesday from 14:15 (18:15 GMT) of criminal proceedings: they have not been made public but they are said to be which are 30 and revolve around the accounting concealment of the reimbursement of a payment of $ 130,000 at the end of 2016 to the porn actress Stormy Daniels.
This summons, with an unprecedented ritual for a former head of state, should see Trump decline his name, age, profession, undergo fingerprinting and be photographed, as everyone warned.
According to Joseph Tacopina, he will not be handcuffed but may have to walk through the halls of the Manhattan courthouse, in the presence of the media, in an inescapably unspeakable mess.
Your security will be in charge of the Secret Service, the elite police that protects high-ranking American dignitaries.
“Not guilty”
Before the judge, “the president will plead not guilty” because “there is no criminal offense” according to his defense. So, Donald Trump should be released, possibly under conditions, pending the organization of his trial.
Shocked and unsettled by being prosecuted in his Democratic-acquired hometown, the businessman had written Friday in Truth Social that he would not benefit from a “fair trial in New York.”
In this district of the courthouse, in the south of Manhattan, under very high security measures and while the police declared themselves “on alert” since Friday, supporters, including the far-right Republican-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, are planning to demonstrate. But New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, warned potential “rioters” on Monday, urging them to “control themselves.”
$130,000 to a porn star
The case that haunts Donald Trump again dates back to October 2016, just before his surprise election at the head of the first world power.
His personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who turned against him, had at the time paid $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to buy her silence. The porn star claims that she had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump, married to Melania. What the interested party denies.
The tycoon admitted that he had reimbursed Michael Cohen, but says the transaction was not illegal. If the agreement made with Stormy Daniels was indeed authorized, it could nevertheless correspond to a campaign expense. However, the amount does not appear in the candidate’s accounts and has instead been recorded as “legal fees” in his company’s documents.
Source: BFM TV
