Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury, marking the first time a U.S. president has ever been charged with a crime.
New York court officials said that Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday at a courthouse in Manhattan. In a statement, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Trump’s indictment.
“This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which remains under seal,” the spokesperson said. “Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected.”
— Alvin Bragg (@ManhattanDA) March 30, 2023
The indictment has not yet been made public.
In a statement, Trump called the indictment “Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.”
“Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done,” he said, before going on to attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for being “hand-picked and funded by George Soros” and “doing Joe Biden’s dirty work.”
“I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden,” Trump said. “The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump’s attorneys say they will “vigorously fight” the indictment.
“He did not commit any crime,” Trump attorneys Susan Necheles and Joe Tacopina said in a statement. “We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.”
