{"id":300975,"date":"2023-03-30T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T23:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=300975"},"modified":"2023-03-31T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:01:32","slug":"breaking-news-trump-becomes-first-former-us-president-to-be-charged-with-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/breaking-news-trump-becomes-first-former-us-president-to-be-charged-with-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Trump becomes first former US president to be charged with a crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_246313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246313\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-246313\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump-642x361.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump was indicted on Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges in New York on Thursday, making him the first former president to be charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged for his role in organizing hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The charges made in the indictment have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>It included $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels claims that she had an affair with Trump in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Trump denies the affair but has admitted directing his then lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, to pay Daniels $130,000 for her silence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has released a statement in response to the indictment claiming it was \u201cPolitical Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden,\u201d the former president said in a lengthy statement. \u201cThe American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party \u2013 united and strong \u2013 will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges in New York on Thursday, making him the first former president to be charged with a crime. 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