Former US leader Donald Trump, American Media Incorporated executives, attorney Michael Cohen and others agreed in 2015 on a scheme to suppress negative news in order to win the US presidential election . said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
According to Bragg, Trump and his accomplices paid for the concealment of information that could prevent him from being elected to the presidency. Three people received money.
Recall that the day before in court, the ex-president was charged with falsification of commercial documents of the first degree. Donald Trump has declared his innocence.
Additionally, the former US leader said the prosecutor’s office had no proof of his guilt. According to him, he did nothing illegal.
The next court hearing in the Trump case is scheduled for December 4, 2023. Hearings will take place in New York.
Meanwhile, the ex-president is already suspected of having obstructed the investigation into the affair of the secret documents discovered in his residence in Mar-a-Lago. They were obtained while studying emails and text messages from a former Trump aide.
The Prosecutor’s Job: Trump Created a Scheme to Suppress Negative News to Win the Election