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Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in New York over a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Daniels claims she had an affair with the former US ...

He framed the indictment as part of a long litany of investigations he has faced since he “came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower” to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2015. But since 2016, Trump has been a political judo master, turning the weight of opponents and allegations against them to his own advantage. A criminal charge or even conviction does not prevent someone running for the White House, and Trump is currently leading in opinion polls for the 2024 Republican presidential primary. The partisan nature of the response to Trump’s indictment can be summed up in two images. Already, Trump’s statements about the Daniels case have followed a pattern he set in 1973, when federal prosecutors accused Trump and his father, Fred, a prominent New York City apartment developer, of turning away Black people who wanted to rent from them. 50 years after federal officials first accused Trump and his father of violating laws that barred racial discrimination in apartment rentals, the former president has been indicted. The former president will have to start answering for his conduct. His legal team is expected to vigorously fight the charges, and a timeline for a potential trial remains unclear. A hush payment by itself is legal, but outside legal experts have suggested the indictment is likely to focus on charges of falsifying business records. That has provided an opening for alternatives like Ron DeSantis, who are expected to paint themselves as champions of the former president’s policies – but without all his legal baggage. Trump attacked Bragg and US President Joe Biden in a statement released shortly after the news broke, claiming the indictment amounted to “political persecution”. Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in New York over a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.