Manhattan grand jury indicts Trump on 34 felony counts in hush money case — first former president ever indicted

A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged that Trump disguised the $130,000 payment as legal fees to conceal information from voters. The indictment made Trump the first former or sitting American president ever charged with a crime, a historic watershed that he immediately framed as political persecution.