Everything indicates that USA will choose donald trump as president. Or so the Republican candidate has taken it for granted, describing his possible victory as “a political victory that had not been seen before“And you are right, it would be a historic election, since it is the first time in the US that a president is elected being officially declared a criminal.
In May of this year, He was found guilty of 34 serious crimes for falsifying documentsin an attempt to silence the porn actress Stormy Daniels. The magnate sought to prevent Daniels from revealing his version of the events, related to a sexual encounter that occurred in a hotel in the Lake Tahoe (California) during a golf tournament in 2006.
Before the 2016 election, Trump reimbursed approximately $420,000 (about 387,780 euros) to his then legal advisor, Michael Cohenfor his participation in the plan to silence the actress. For this, falsified documentswhich included 11 checks, 11 invoices and 12 destination payment vouchers.
Of the total amount, $130,000 (around 120,000 euros) corresponded to the payment to Daniels, $180,000 was intended to cover possible tax consequences, and $50,000 was for additional supplier expenses. The remaining $60,000 was a bonus for Cohen. Trump hid the $130,000 intended for Daniels through 12 refunds of $35,000 (about 32,300 euros), with the concept “legal expenses“.
Trump convicted of sexual abuse
In May of last year, the Republican also He was found guilty of “sexual abuse” and defamationalthough not rape, in the case against the writer E. Jean Carroll. This sentence marked the first conviction against Trump after leaving the White House. Additionally, in January of that same year, his company was ordered to pay $1.61 million for a tax evasion scheme.
Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the changing room of a department store. New York in the mid-nineties. Besides, held him responsible for defaming her when she decided to make her complaint public in a book published in 2019.
Furthermore, the tycoon was sentenced to compensate Carroll with five million dollarsof which two million corresponded to the “damages” caused, while 2.7 million were due to damage to its reputation.
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