Former President Donald Trump said leaks indicate he will be arrested on Tuesday next week after reports said the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is preparing to issue an indictment for alleged hush money payments Trump made as a presidential candidate in 2016.
On Saturday morning, Trump posted about the possible indictment on Truth Social, indicating that he will be “ARRESTED ON TUESDAY.”
“NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!,” Trump wrote.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is set to meet with law enforcement to “discuss logistics for some time next week, which would mean that they are anticipating an indictment next week.”
After years long investigations, the potential indictment stems from Trump’s alleged hush money scandal involving porn star Stormy Daniels. Toward the end of the 2016 presidential campaign, Michael Cohen, the former president’s then-lawyer, sent $130,000 to Daniels to stop her from revealing her 2006 affair with Trump. Through installments, Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment.
In a statement, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung called the investigation a “witch hunt,” accusing Bragg of being in the pocket of “radical Democrats” and President Biden.
“President Donald J. Trump is completely innocent, he did nothing wrong, and even the biggest, most Radical Left Democrats are making that clear,” he said.
Journalist Laura Loomer tweeted a screenshot of Trump’s post and wrote, “BREAKING: President Trump just posted this on his Truth Social account! He said ‘ILLEGAL LEAKS from the corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney’ Alvin Bragg indicated that President Trump will be ARRESTED on Tuesday, March 21! Trump says to ‘Protest’!”
BREAKING: President Trump just posted this on his Truth Social account!
He said “ILLEGAL LEAKS from the corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney” Alvin Bragg indicated that President Trump will be ARRESTED on Tuesday, March 21!
Trump says to “Protest”! pic.twitter.com/AN1SBoYQw1
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 18, 2023
