Former President Donald Trump, already under multiple criminal investigations for his coup attempt, has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his role in a $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star in the days before the 2016 election.
Trump, who is running again for the Republican nomination for the presidency, in recent days ramped up his appeals to supporters to rise up against prosecutors in New York and elsewhere ― reminiscent of his inflammatory language leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of his followers.
Trump’s campaign staff did not immediately respond to a HuffPost query Thursday.
The New York Times was the first to report on the still-sealed indictment.