Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg has defended his office’s shocking decision to ultimately indict Donald Trump for at least 30 charges. According to Politico, Bragg ‘s office has denied longstanding claims that Trump ‘s indictment is in any way political prosecution.
Many of the charges stem from payments made to Stormy Daniels and alleged document fraud. Trump is accused of falsifying business records in relation to the payment. Prosecutors are also reviewing a situation where Trump paid a second payment to another woman identified as Karen McDougal Playboy’s former Playmate of the Year.
It appears that the prosecutor’s office took so long to trigger an indictment because they may have been trying to establish a pattern of behaviour. If Bragg’s case goes as planned, the government is expected to argue that the payments to these women amount to illegal campaign expenditures.
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