Prosecutors charged the former president with falsifying business records to conceal payments made to former adult-film star Stormy Daniels and ex- Playboy model Karen McDougal.įormer President Donald Trump on Friday is shown at the Republican Party of Iowa 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines.
president in history to face criminal charges, following an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office into several hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump previously became the first former U.S. The former president is now facing 40 federal counts related to willfully retaining top-secret information and obstructing government efforts to retrieve the materials. Ial80MXp76- Natalie Allison July 29, 2023įriday's event comes just a day after three additional charges were announced in the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Trump's handling of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate in August. He had to walk out to Brooks & Dunn (like all candidates tonight) instead of his usual Lee Greenwood. As Trump took the stage in Iowa, this ironic line played: “One could end up going to prison, one just might be president.”