Extra: 'Hush-Money' And Politics... The New York DA's Case Against President Trump

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 25 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The grand jury weighing charges in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush-money probe against Former President Donald Trump is expected to meet next Monday. Last weekend, Former President Donald Trump said he expected to be indicted. The probe is related to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election by Trump's former "fixer" Michael Cohen. It is believed Bragg will accuse the former President of a criminal campaign finance violation. Defenders of President Trump have claimed this is a 'weaponization' of the justice system and a political attack by the DA. This past week on the Rundown, former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and FOX News Contributor Andy McCarthy joined host Dave Anthony to discuss break down the case and what charges the former President could face. McCarthy also weighed in on the politics surrounding the issue, and what's important to know about the ongoing investigations surrounding President Trump in other jurisdictions including Georgia. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the discussion in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with the former federal prosecutor and FOX News Contributor Andy McCarthy and get a better understanding of former President Trump's legal troubles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News rundown. Extra.
0:07.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:10.0	Today, the case against Donald Trump.
0:13.0	Well, a case against Donald Trump, the former president,
0:18.0	is under quite a few investigations,
0:20.0	but the one we're about to delve into is in New York City,
0:24.0	where grand jury is considering making history in Diting Trump.
0:29.0	No current, or former president, has ever been criminally charged.
0:33.0	And as you're about to hear, the charges he could face may also be unprecedented.
0:39.0	That's a former federal prosecutor, Andy McCarthy, told us trying to explain this investigation,
0:44.0	which took too long for us to fit entirely into a rundown segment the other day.
0:49.0	This all stems from the 2016 payment,
0:53.0	then Trump lawyer, now Trump enemy, Michael Cohen made,
0:58.0	to keep a porn star quiet about an alleged affair.
1:01.0	The probe is into Trump repayments to Cohen,
1:04.0	and it gets kind of complicated here,
1:06.0	but ultimately, if they amount to illegal campaign contributions before the election.
1:12.0	Of course, the former president calls it a witch hunt,
1:16.0	with numerous posts on his true social account not only saying he did nothing wrong,
1:21.0	but he says the only crime would be if he's charged.
1:24.0	By a progressive Democrat Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg,
1:28.0	the former president, who wrongly predicted he would be arrested the other day,
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