At first blush, the historic criminal indictment of Donald Trump seems relatively straightforward: The former president faces fraud-related charges stemming from paying hush money to a porn actress at the height of the 2016 election to prevent her from going public about their alleged sexual encounter.
However, making the case in court, legal experts told the Miami Herald, will be anything but simple.
“There has never been a case with this set of facts,” said former federal and Watergate prosecutor Jon Sale, a prominent white-collar defense attorney based in South Florida. “Nobody is saying it won’t stand up, they’re just saying it’s untested.”
