NEW YORK — Donald Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money probe, an unprecedented legal move marking the first criminal charges in U.S. history brought against a former president, The New York Daily News has learned.
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina confirmed the indictment to the Daily News shortly after Trump learned of it. The papers were filed under seal at the clerk’s office in Manhattan Supreme Court at about 5:30 p.m., a court source told the Daily News.
“President Trump has been indicted. He did not commit any crime. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in Court,” Tacopina and Susan Necheles said in a joint statement.