00:00it's official donald trump has finally been indicted by a grand jury in a manhattan court
00:05this makes him the first u.s president to ever have criminal charges brought against them all
00:10as he attempts another run for the presidency but what does donald trump have to say about it
00:14well the usual really in a recently released statement he called the indictment part of a
00:18witch hunt saying alvin bragg the manhattan district attorney who brought forth the charges
00:22was a disgrace but added that it went even further up the political totem pole writing in the
00:27statement this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in
00:32history higher even apparently than something like this especially considering there is likely
00:37ample evidence that the manhattan court has decided to prosecute such a divisive figure
00:41donald trump is being indicted over hush money payments made to stormy daniels during the 2016
00:46presidential election while the specific charges aren't yet known if trump filed those payments as
00:51legal expenses he could be charged for falsifying business records the former president says he will
00:57fight the charges and he is quote completely innocent
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