Led by Donald Trump, Republicans are driving Alvin Bragg ahead of them.
Will the prosecutor file a lawsuit against the ex-president today?
The news ticker.
Indictment
threatened
in
New York : prosecutors could file a lawsuit against Donald Trump today.
Historical
lawsuit
: Trump could ensure a premiere in the USA.
Criticism
of
the prosecutor:
Republicans attack Alvin Bragg.
Grand jury
comes together: all developments related to the possible lawsuit against Trump in the news ticker.
Update, 11:50 a.m .:
But criticism of Alvin Bragg does not only come from the ranks of the Republicans.
The prosecutor is also attacked by individual representatives of the Democrats.
Former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo called the investigation into Donald Trump "political" and warned it would fuel "cynicism and division" in American politics.
Criticism of the prosecutor: Republicans attack Bragg because of Trump
Update, 10.30 a.m .:
Prosecutor Alvin Bragg has to put up with a lot, especially from the Republican camp.
In a joint letter, MPs Jim Jordan, James Comer and Bryan Steil requested information about the ongoing investigation into Donald Trump.
Bragg, however, denied this demand.
Last week, Republicans asked Bragg to appear before a US House of Representatives committee and testify.
The prosecutor rejected that as well.
Republicans have held a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives since winning the 2022 Midterms.
Lawsuit against Donald Trump?
Final in New York
First report from March 27th:
New York – This time, too, the United States is eagerly awaiting a possible decision in New York: will Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor responsible for the Manhattan district, file a lawsuit against Donald Trump or not?
The ex-president has been under investigation in his hometown for several years because of hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal.
With the payments handled by Trump's then-attorney Michael Cohen, the former president may have violated campaign finance laws.
A grand jury will decide whether that's enough for an indictment.
The jury will reconvene today (March 27) to decide a possible lawsuit.
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Donald Trump threatens prosecutors in New York
Trump announced his imminent arrest last Tuesday, only to claim at a campaign event on Sunday in Waco, Texas that Bragg had long since dropped the charges against him.
In between, Trump openly threatened the prosecutor with violence.
“We will finish what we started.
With you by my side, we will completely wipe out the deep state," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
He accompanied the whole thing with a picture that showed himself with a baseball bat in his hand and a photo of prosecutor Bragg next to him.
"Death and destruction" would follow false accusations, Trump said.
Bragg and his associates called Trump "human waste."
Possible lawsuit against Donald Trump: the main roles
donald trump | Ex-President and possibly soon-to-be defendant in New York |
Stormy Daniels | Porn actress and ex-lover of Donald Trump |
Karen McDougal | Nude model and ex-lover of Donald Trump |
Michael Cohen | Trump's ex-lawyer |
Alvin Bragg | District Attorney in the New York City borough of Manhattan |
Even Donald Trump's lawyers said it was
n't a good idea, according to
Fox News
and
NBC .
The photo was deleted shortly after publication.
The tabloid
New York Post
nevertheless made the front page of it.
The 76-year-old ex-president called for protests against his alleged arrest several times last week.
This call had also alarmed the security authorities.
So far, however, the situation has been calm, according to both the FBI and the New York police.
Concrete threats are not known.
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Donald Trump, here still as President but already with a baseball bat, could be impeached in New York.
(archive image)
© Michael Reynolds/dpa
Lawsuit against Donald Trump would be historic
But whether the decision will be made today about a possible indictment against Donald Trump is anything but certain.
Several US media are reporting that more witnesses are to be heard in New York.
If that were indeed the case, the decision on a possible indictment would certainly be postponed.
But if that were to happen, Trump would have achieved something historic again: he would be the first former US President to be indicted by prosecutors.
List of rubrics: © Michael Reynolds/dpa
