The announcement on Thursday of a Manhattan grand jury’s vote to indict former U.S. President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump on criminal charges sent shockwaves across the nation, with numerous Texas officials weighing in with their views on the charges. Trump recently predicted before his campaign rally in Waco last week that he would be indicted, but when charges didn’t appear at that time, many began to speculate that the decision to charge would occur much later, if at all. Alvin Bragg, a Democrat who was elected as the...

A New York City grand jury indicted Trump for his alleged role in the paying of $130,000 in hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump has acknowledged that the payment was made, but has denied he and Daniels had an affair. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said Thursday it has contacted Trump's attorney to arrange for his arraignment. The specific charges against the former president will remain under seal until the arraignment, expected to occur on Tuesday. Trump is the first...

Trump Lawyer Provides More Detail on Trump Indictment, Timing of Arraignment Attorney and honoree Joseph Tacopina attends The America Scores National Poetry Slam at New York Stock Exchange in New York City on April 8, 2013. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump is set to be arraigned sometime “early next week” after a Manhattan grand jury voted for his indictment, Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina said on Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump and his inner circle were taken aback when a grand jury in New York handed down an indictment of the former president, according to Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina. Tacopina said during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday that he and his client were both "shocked" after learning that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation of Trump's alleged role in hush money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels had led to a criminal indictment, the first in history for a current or former U.S....

PLANO (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Area political party leaders are expressing some surprising views on the Trump indictment. When the news arrived at the Plano headquarters of Collin County's Republican party, the reaction to Donald Trump's indictment was a condemnation. Not of the former president, but rather the current justice system in America. "Honestly...it really has nothing to do with Trump. You look at it, it's you can see it's one of the most disgraceful days in our country's politics," said Collin County GOP Chair Abraham George. George also says it will...

Legal analyst Glenn Kirschner laid out what awaits Donald Trump in New York City after the former president was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday. Trump's indictment was handed down following an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of a hush money payout to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. She was paid $130,000 in 2016 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with the former president while Trump was running his first presidential campaign. The indictment marks the first time a current or former U.S. president has...

Donald Trump was “shocked” when he learned Thursday that a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict him, according to the former president’s attorney. Joe Tacopina told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he talked to Trump, 76, after the indictment came down and that they both learned about it through media reports and not from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. “He’s ready to fight. You know, he’s the toughest guy I know. He was shocked, you know, because we really weren’t – I was shocked,” Tacopina said of Trump’s...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois members of Congress and both Chicago mayoral candidates reacted Thursday to the indictment of former President Donald Trump in New York. A Manhattan grand jury investigating the circumstances surrounding a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 voted Thursday to indict former President Trump, making him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office confirmed the indictment in a statement on Thursday and said it had reached out to Trump's attorney to arrange...

The spokesperson of Manhattan’s District Attorney told the public what’s to come in regard to former President Donald Trump’s indictment. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Twitter account released an official statement which confirmed the D.A.’s office communicated with Trump’s lawyer in regards to his surrender. The statement claims that Trump will be arraigned for a state Supreme Court indictment. However, the date of Trump’s arrest still remains up in the air. (RELATED: Manhattan Grand Jury Votes To Indict Donald Trump) “This evening we contacted Mr.

Former President Donald Trump will likely undergo a typical booking process that includes a mugshot and fingerprints when he is arraigned. Trump will be treated in the same manner as any other suspect after a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict him for unspecified charges related to his alleged involvement in making hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. However, he may be shielded from being handcuffed or being subject to a perp walk for the public to witness during his arraignment, likely next week. Most defendants have their...