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Grand jury in New York votes to indict Trump in hush money case

Updated March 30, 2023 at 9:53 p.m. EDT|Published March 30, 2023 at 5:45 p.m. EDT
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A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former president Donald Trump, as he becomes the first person in U.S. history to serve as president and then be charged with a crime.  
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  • The indictment has yet to be unsealed, people familiar with the matter said, so the charges and specific allegations were not immediately clear.
  • “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history,” Trump said in a statement Thursday.
  • Republican leaders rallied to the former president’s defense, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who said his chamber would hold Bragg “to account.”
  • The former president, who is seeking to return to the White House in 2024 and leading in most polls of Republican voters, is also the focus of criminal probes in Georgia and Washington.
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The indictment has yet to be unsealed, people familiar with the matter said, so the charges and specific allegations were not immediately clear.
“This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history,” Trump said in a statement Thursday.
Republican leaders rallied to the former president’s defense, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who said his chamber would hold Bragg “to account.”
The former president, who is seeking to return to the White House in 2024 and leading in most polls of Republican voters, is also the focus of criminal probes in Georgia and Washington.

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