Former U.S. president Donald Trump calls a decision by a Manhattan grand jury to indict him “political persecution and election interference at the highest level.”
Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during his 2016 campaign.
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Prosecutors in New York are focused on money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal to keep the women from going public with claims they had sexual encounters with him.
This is the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president.