New York prosecutors indicate Trump criminal charges likely, report says

Prosecutors successful New York City person indicated to attorneys for President Donald Trump that helium could beryllium criminally charged successful transportation with a hush wealth outgo to porn prima Stormy Daniels connected his behalf earlier the 2016 statesmanlike election, a new report said Thursday.

The New York Times reported that Trump was offered the accidental by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to attest adjacent week to the grand jury that has been collecting grounds and proceeding grounds for the criminal probe.

"Such offers astir ever bespeak an indictment is close," The Times nonfiction noted.

 The paper said its reporters had spoken to 4 radical with cognition of the situation.

Two defence attorneys for Trump defence attorneys confirmed to NBC News that Trump has been told done his lawyers helium tin look earlier the expansive jury.

The Trump attorneys said specified an connection is standard, and that helium was not issued a subpoena compelling his appearance.

Those attorneys disputed The Times' claims that transgression charges could beryllium forthcoming. 

Trump's erstwhile idiosyncratic lawyer Michael Cohen successful 2018 admitted to paying Daniel $130,000 soon earlier the 2016 predetermination to support her quiescent astir her claims to a one-time intersexual tryst with Trump years earlier.

Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican statesmanlike nomination, has denied having enactment with Daniels. But helium reimbursed Cohen for the outgo to the big movie actress.

A spokesperson for Trump told NBC News: "The Manhattan District Attorney's menace to indict President Trump is simply insane."

"For the past 5 years, the DA's bureau has been connected a Witch Hunt, investigating each facet of President Trump's life, and they've travel up bare astatine each crook – and present this," the spokesperson said.

"The information that aft their intensive probe the DA is adjacent considering a caller governmental onslaught is simply a wide exoneration of President Trump successful each areas. President Trump was the unfortunate of extortion then, conscionable arsenic helium is now. It's an embarrassment to the Democrat prosecutors, and it's an embarrassment to New York City."

In summation to the probe by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Trump is nether transgression probe successful Atlanta for interference successful the 2020 statesmanlike election, erstwhile helium tried to get authorities officials to overturn the triumph successful Georgia by President Joe Biden.

Trump besides is nether transgression probe by the Department of Justice for efforts to reverse his nonaccomplishment successful the Electoral College to Biden that year, and for pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to garbage to judge the certifications of Biden electors from plaything states that gave Biden his borderline of victory.