Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is reportedly presenting evidence to a grand jury that hush money payments were allegedly made at the behest of former President Donald Trump.
Bragg's office began presenting Monday to a grand jury that payments were allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to get her to stay quiet about an alleged affair during the 2016 campaign, possibly foreshadowing criminal or civil action against the former president, according to multiple reports.The grand jury was recently established and is believed to be mulling whether to issue charges against Trump, per the New York Times.
It emerged late last year that prosecutors were shifting their focus back to the hush money line of scrutiny. Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, allegedly paid Daniels $130,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement to stay quiet about an affair she had with Trump in the waning of the 2016 campaign. Cohen was later reimbursed by Trump and his business empire. He later entered a guilty plea with prosecutors over the alleged hush money payment.
In tandem with the Daniels line of inquiry, Bragg's office is also eyeing potential insurance fraud by the Trump Organization, sources told the Wall Street Journal. Two former prosecutors that worked with Bragg's office on the Trump inquiry have publicly disparaged Bragg for his reticence to target Trump in court for financial crimes.
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