Trump Indicted; 1st Ex-President charged with a Crime
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57% (1,321) are left-leaning, 28% (658) are centrist, and 15% (355) are right-leaning.
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president in history to face criminal charges. Left-leaning articles highlight that prosecutors are negotiating Trump’s surrender for early next week, while right-leaning articles highlight that Trump and Republicans claim the investigation and indictment were politically motivated.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that Trump was indicted by a New York grand jury regarding alleged hush money payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump has said that the indictment will not deter him from running for president in 2024, denied the charges and threatened on social media that there will be “potential death & destruction” if charges are filed against him.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlighted that prosecutors are working on negotiating a surrender which could occur early next week. An arrest and perp walk of a high-profile like Trump is unlikely, but this will be the first time the American public will see a mugshot of a former president. The Post also highlighted that the timing of the indictment came as a shock to Trump’s campaign which believed that a potential indictment was weeks away.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted that Trump’s indictment follows investigations into alleged hush money payments he had made to two adult-film stars totalling over $280,000 before the 2016 election. Trump denies the charges and claims that this investigation was politically motivated and accused Democrats of weaponizing the justice system ahead of the next presidential election. Fox highlighted that a legal advisor to Trump’s “fixer” testified that Trump was unaware of the hush money payments.
From the center
Donald Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges. What we know
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