The Manhattan district attorney's office is expected to indict former President Donald Trump in a case centering on potential violations of state election laws.
Thursday that he believed an indictment of Trump was"imminent."
Prosecutors have argued in court filings that Cohen's hush money payment represented an in-kind campaign contribution, because it helped Trump avoid a potentially damaging story in the stretch-run before Election Day. They have focused on whether Trump violated election law in New York by reimbursing Cohen without reporting the payment as a campaign contribution.and campaign finance charges, and received a three-year prison sentence.
Trump would enter unchartered territory if he faces criminal charges. No modern sitting or former U.S. president has been indicted.
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