For the first time in American history, a former president has been indicted, by a grand jury and district attorney in Manhattan for allegedly making pre-election hush money payoffs to a pornographic actress and a Playboy bunny.
In the coming weeks, Donald J. Trump could be facing additional criminal charges in Georgia and by the Department of Justice for his scheme to overturn the 2020 election, his hoarding of top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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