Former President Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested Tuesday in connection with a Manhattan District Attorney’s Office investigation and is calling for protests ahead of his possible indictment.
“THE FAR LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE BACK OUR NATION!” he wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social.
Trump is under investigation for a $130,000 payment he made just before the 2016 election to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels over a previous affair. The former president has denied wrongdoing and federal investigators ended their own investigation into the payments in 2019.
But testimony from former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who arranged the payment and has already been convicted and served time in prison, could help bring the first charges in history against a former president.
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
The New York Attorney General’s Office and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment.
Prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday met Daniels. She thanked her lawyer in a tweet for “helping me in our ongoing fight for truth and justice.”
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