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Trump said he will be arrested Tuesday for allegedly extorting a porn actress

Trump expects to be arrested. Photo: AFP.

Former US President Donald Trump announced on his social network Truth Social that expects to be “arrested” next Tuesday and called for protestsbefore a possible accusation for a bribe paid to a porn actress before the 2016 elections.

Citing “leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Trump, who is aiming to run for the White House again in 2024, wrote in all capital letters: “The leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States will be arrested on Tuesday next week. Protest, Take Back Our Nation!”

The investigation centers on a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to keep Stormy Daniels from disclosing her relationship with Trump.

The investigation centers on a $130,000 payment made before the 2016 election. so that Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, would not reveal the relationship that she claims to have had with Trump and that the former president denies.

The Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office had offered the magnate the possibility of testifying in this case of alleged bribery and in which his lawyer, Michael Cohen, was an instrumental part by giving Clifford the payment to keep quiet that he had alleged relations with Trump almost 20 years ago.

In addition, it is being investigated whether this management was carried out irregularly by being hidden in the accounts of the Trump Organization, Trump’s company, during the 2016 electoral campaign that led him to the White House.

Prosecutors are evaluating filing charges against the former president in this case.

If the Manhattan district attorney indicted Trump, the 76-year-old tycoon would become the first former US president to be charged with a crime, the AFP news agency reported.

Trump’s attorney told CNBC Friday that his client would turn himself in to face criminal charges if indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.

In his post on Truth Social, the social network he created after being banned from other platforms, Trump referred to “illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly politicized Manhattan district attorney’s office.”

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