March 30, 2023 04:45 PM UTC

BREAKING: Trump Indicted In Porn Star Hush Money Case

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #2: Former President Donald Trump confirms via TruthSocial that he has been “indicated.”

Remember, Trump doesn’t fix typos, he “covfefes” them! We have to call being indicted “getting indicated” now.

We don’t make these rules.

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UPDATE: Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver is understandably stoked:

BREAKING: Trump just became the first former U.S. President ever indicted for a crime.

No one is above the law in this country. Not even former presidents!

— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) March 30, 2023

While Rep. Jason Crow reminds us of the historic sadness of this moment:

Today is a somber day for our nation.

Former President Trump’s indictment reminds us that no one is above the law and that we are all afforded due process and equal protection under the law.

— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) March 30, 2023

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As the New York Times reports, Stormy Daniels will have her revenge:

Donald J. Trump was indicted in Manhattan on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal charges. [Pols emphasis]

In the coming days, prosecutors working for the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, will likely ask Mr. Trump to surrender and to face arraignment. The specific charges will be announced when he is arraigned…

Donald J. Trump responded to the news that he had been indicted in a statement, calling the Manhattan grand jury vote “political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.”

Mr. Trump’s statement echoed what has been an extraordinary and blistering effort to try to prevent the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, from indicting him.

Rep. Lauren Boebert shrieks at the heavens:

The weaponization of our justice system CAN NOT STAND!

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 30, 2023

It’s the moment former President Donald Trump warned would result in “death and destruction,” calling on his supporters to “PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST.” It’s since been explained to us that these two statements were not expressly related, and Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina conceded Trump was “ill-advised” to have threatened violence.

We’ll update with reactions from all sides as they come in.