Former President of the US Donald Trump is to be arraigned in connection to the falsifying business records case, with Trump facing “multiple charges”, Associated Press reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Trump could also be charged with at least one felony offence, AP claims. Details of the case have not been made public. It is expected that Trump will be officially arrested and arraigned on Tuesday, 4 April.
According to CNN and The New York Times, Trump has been under investigation for his relations with porn star Stormy Daniels. According to court filings, Trump’s then-personal attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 of hush money a month before the 2016 elections so she would not make the information about her alleged affair with Trump in 2006 public. In 2006, Donald and Melania Trump welcomed their son Barron.
The Trump Organisation later reimbursed Cohen, however, it noted the reimbursements as “a legal expense in its internal books” which could be found to be falsification of documents.
On 31 March, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. The indictment makes Trump the first former or current president of the US to face criminal charges.