Donald Trump collects donations of four million dollars after indictment

Dhe former US President donald trump uses the historical charge against himto raise millions in donations. According to his campaign team, within 24 hours of the indictment being announced, he had raised $4 million in donations to his defense. “I’m not afraid of what’s coming,” Trump said Friday in an email he was using to raise funds.

A New York judge had the unsealed document on Friday Manhattan District Attorney Democrat Alvin Bragg, authorized to announce that charges have been filed against Trump. However, it remained unclear when the exact charges would be made public.

Trump will plead not guilty, according to a lawyer

The charges against the 76-year-old are related to an alleged hush money payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. Shortly before his election as president in 2016, Trump had paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels after she alleged that she was having sex had with him. Trump denies an affair, but not that money flowed. The payment could conflict with campaign finance rules. It is the first time in US history that a former US President has been prosecuted.

Trump is scheduled to appear before a judge in Manhattan on Tuesday. According to his lawyer Susan Necheles, the documents with the exact charges will then be unsealed. Trump will plead not guilty. According to several media, the appointment for this is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. local time (8:15 p.m. CET) in the courthouse in Manhattan.

Trump must travel to New York for the process and would then be briefly detained for fingerprints and police photos to be taken. In these situations, the accused are often handcuffed – whether this will happen in Trump’s case is questionable. It is considered certain that Trump can return home after this procedure. His lawyers had signaled in advance that he would appear of his own free will.

Trump plans to fly to New York from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday and spend the night at Trump Tower before appearing in court early Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. After that, Trump wants to return to Florida.

Calls came from the ranks of radical Trump supporters from the right-wing edge of the Republican Party to travel to the metropolis and protest at the appointment. The city is preparing for a large crowd and possible demonstrations.

Radical Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called for protests. “I’m going to New York on Tuesday,” the ardent Trump supporter wrote on Twitter on Friday, referring to the planned indictment reading. “We must protest against the unconstitutional witch hunt!” Within the framework of constitutional rights, Trump will be supported and “against tyrants” will protest. “I’ll see you Tuesday,” she wrote. Greene is on the far right in her party, spreading conspiracy theories and regularly hating minorities.

Trump himself had called on his supporters to protest before the indictment was announced. The appeal brought back grim memories of the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. At that time, Trump incited supporters who then violently entered the parliament building in the capital, Washington.

After the indictment was announced, Trump spoke of “political persecution and electoral interference”. Various Republicans also reacted with outrage and called the move scandalous.

A trial and a potential conviction could affect Trump’s plans for another presidential candidacy at best from a political point of view. In purely legal terms, on the other hand, Trump could theoretically also stand as a convicted criminal in the 2024 election, as legal experts emphasize. Trump had publicly announced his presidential bid several months ago.