Pourquoi un grand jury a-t-il voté pour inculper Trump et que cela signifie-t-il pour lui ?

Donald Trump, the former US president, is set to become the first former president to face criminal charges after a grand jury in New York voted to indict him on charges related to hush money payments to an adult film star. The indictment is related to a payment made on Trump’s behalf to Stormy Daniels, an adult film maker and actor, shortly before the 2016 election. Trump’s attorney at the time, Michael Cohen, orchestrated the payment to buy Daniels’ silence over an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges related to the payment in 2018.

Trump denies wrongdoing in relation to every allegation against him, whether accusations of criminal activity or claims for civil damages. He has repeatedly decried investigations as political witch hunts. His legal team met Manhattan prosecutors to argue he should not be indicted. Trump will be arraigned, where he will enter a plea, and various dates for case proceedings will be set. His attorneys are all but guaranteed to fight the charges tooth-and-nail in the pre-trial stages, submitting motions in efforts to exclude evidence and testimony they believe will harm his defense, as is normal in criminal cases.

The indictment could energize Trump supporters and position him beyond Ron DeSantis temporarily. The Florida governor is clearly the closest challenger to Trump, though he has not declared a run. However, the majority of Republican voters are rational and won’t want somebody who’s under indictment in the Oval office. The president, or the candidate, has to be fully occupied with either being the candidate or the president, and he can’t be going to court dates in the middle of all that.

Keywords: Donald Trump, indictment, hush money, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, campaign finance charges, arraigned, pre-trial stages, Ron DeSantis, Republican voters.