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Ms Daniels and Mr Cohen are key players in the scheme for which Mr Trump is indicted

Indictment relates to a hush-money payment made on ex-president’s behalf to the adult film star Stormy Daniels

For years, criminal investigations have been underway in New York and Georgia into former President Donald Trump. On Thursday, media outlets, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, reported that a grand jury in Manhattan had voted to indict Trump, the first time a sitting or former president has faced…

From the moment he blustered his way onto the political stage, Donald Trump defied expectations.

It is the first time that a current or former US president will face criminal charges.

Thursday surprise: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg finally files first indictment of ex-president in US history

Donald Trump has become first president in US history to face criminal charges

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money probe, an unprecedented legal move marking the first criminal charges in U.S. history brought against a former president, The New York Daily News has learned.

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday in New York City on charges related to an alleged hush-money payment made to a porn actor in the final days of the 2016 campaign, marking the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been criminally prosecuted.

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House.

Donald Trump was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star who has said she had a sexual relationship with him, a law enforcement source said, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges.