On March 18, Trump announced that he would be detained on March 21 in connection with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. According to the NBC channel, the potential detention of the politician is connected precisely with the possible payment of money to the porn actress.
Manhattan prosecutors then charged former US President Donald Trump with more than 30 counts of business fraud. On March 30, a grand jury voted to indict him. The American media believe that the first criminal prosecution of an ex-president in US history will rally Trump’s supporters and turn him into a martyr.
The former president himself called the accusations election interference and an attack on the United States, and also called on Americans to protest. His supporters adhere to the same position: for example, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green called for the impeachment of the current US President Joe Biden.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, commenting on what is happening, pointed to the political persecution of the former head of the White House. However, Trump is also being investigated for alleged financial fraud.