Trump warns of severe consequences if charged

Picture source - Reuters (2016)

Former US President Donald Trump warned of possible “death & destruction” if he faces criminal charges hours after New York lawyers looking into his hush-money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels said they would not be scared.

Since last Saturday, when Trump incorrectly predicted Alvin Bragg would be arrested three days later, he had been the target of a series of verbal insults on Trump’s Truth Social media platform.

Trump has been alleging that his defeat in 2020 was the consequence of fraud, in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the election of Democratic President Joe Biden, who defeated the Republican Trump by more than 7 million votes, Trump’s supporters launched a deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Stormy Daniels, a director, and actress for adult films whose actual name is Stephanie Clifford previously claimed that she was paid the sum of money in exchange for remaining silent about a relationship she had with Trump in 2006.

Trump described the payment as a “simple private transaction” and denied ever having an affair with Daniels. He argued that he did not break any laws and claimed that the probe was politically motivated.