Trump In Serious Trouble
Prosecutors may finally have the evidence they need to impeach Donald Trump. There’s even talk of him serving jail time.
Donald Trump may be in serious trouble.
For the first time ever, the US leader has been linked to a federal crime, and now there’s even talk that he could face jail time over it.
“There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him. That he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time,” Adam Schiff, Democratic Representative of California, told CBS News’ Face The Nation this weekend.
“We have been discussing the issue of pardons the President may offer to people or dangle in front of people. The bigger pardon question may come down the road, as the next president has to determine whether to pardon Donald Trump.”
The President is facing off against a series of accusations put together by a team of investigators.
WHAT’S TRUMP BEEN ACCUSED OF NOW?
Special counsel Robert Mueller has launched an 18-month investigation into the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s 2016 election win.
On Friday, he released a number of filings on the president:
• He ordered his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to make illegal payments to two women — Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal — in exchange for their silence about their alleged sexual affairs with Mr Trump in the mid-2000s.
• In November 2015, a Russian national spoke with Mr Cohen and tried to offer “political synergy” with Mr Trump’s campaign.
• Mr Cohen lied to Congress over the level of his involvement in reaching a deal on Trump Tower Moscow with the Russians.
• Paul Manafort, who has pleaded guilty to financial crimes unrelated to the campaign, downplayed the extent of his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian official with ties to a Russian military intelligence agency accused of hacking the Democrats’ servers.
• Mr Manafort remained in contact with Trump administration officials long after his indictment late last year.
Mr Trump was referred to in documents as “Individual-1”, but prosecutors made it clear this was him.
“On approximately June 16, 2015, Individual-1, for whom Cohen worked at the time, began an ultimately successful campaign for President of the United States,” they noted.
Prosecutors said Mr Trump’s lawyer clearly sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election from the sidelines through illicit payments.
Mr Cohen arranged for a $US130,000 payment to adult film star Ms Daniels, which prosecutors concluded violated campaign finance law prohibitions against donations of more than $US2700 in a general election. Picture: AFP/Robyn BeckSource:AFP
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For the first time ever, the US leader has been linked to a federal crime, and now there’s even talk that he could face jail time over it.
“There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him. That he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time,” Adam Schiff, Democratic Representative of California, told CBS News’ Face The Nation this weekend.
“We have been discussing the issue of pardons the President may offer to people or dangle in front of people. The bigger pardon question may come down the road, as the next president has to determine whether to pardon Donald Trump.”
The President is facing off against a series of accusations put together by a team of investigators.
WHAT’S TRUMP BEEN ACCUSED OF NOW?
Special counsel Robert Mueller has launched an 18-month investigation into the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s 2016 election win.
On Friday, he released a number of filings on the president:
• He ordered his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to make illegal payments to two women — Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal — in exchange for their silence about their alleged sexual affairs with Mr Trump in the mid-2000s.
• In November 2015, a Russian national spoke with Mr Cohen and tried to offer “political synergy” with Mr Trump’s campaign.
• Mr Cohen lied to Congress over the level of his involvement in reaching a deal on Trump Tower Moscow with the Russians.
• Paul Manafort, who has pleaded guilty to financial crimes unrelated to the campaign, downplayed the extent of his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian official with ties to a Russian military intelligence agency accused of hacking the Democrats’ servers.
• Mr Manafort remained in contact with Trump administration officials long after his indictment late last year.
Mr Trump was referred to in documents as “Individual-1”, but prosecutors made it clear this was him.
“On approximately June 16, 2015, Individual-1, for whom Cohen worked at the time, began an ultimately successful campaign for President of the United States,” they noted.
Prosecutors said Mr Trump’s lawyer clearly sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election from the sidelines through illicit payments.
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Mr Cohen arranged for a $US130,000 payment to adult film star Ms Daniels, which prosecutors concluded violated campaign finance law prohibitions against donations of more than $US2700 in a general election. Picture: AFP/Robyn BeckSource:AFP
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