Former US President Donald Trump has announced on social media that he will be arrested next Tuesday. In the statement on his network Truth Social, he referred to investigations by the New York prosecutor’s office that he had paid women with whom he is said to have had sexual encounters hush money.
In capital letters, Trump wrote Saturday: “By far the leading Republican nominee and former President of the United States of America will be arrested Tuesday next week.” “Illegal leaks” from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office indicated this. Trump called on his supporters to protest.
Security agencies have begun preparing for the possibility that Trump could be indicted.
Trump is currently facing a number of investigations. In one case, these seemed to be close to completion: in connection with alleged hush money payments by the former president, the porn actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, testified on Wednesday before the investigating prosecutors. $130,000 is said to have flowed to Daniels ahead of the 2016 US presidential election.
The payment is said to have been handled by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. The payment was apparently intended to prevent Clifford from going public, which could have harmed Trump during the election campaign. The cash flows may have violated campaign finance laws.
Before announcing his impending arrest, Trump announced that he would be holding the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign in Texas. The venue on the evening of March 25 will be Waco, as his campaign team announced. Trump has a large following in Texas. He spent the first few months of his campaign mostly at his Florida home, but has since begun visiting early-voting states.
