Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest
The HinduFormer U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he will be arrested March 21, 2023 as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former President. Mr. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early on March 18 that “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney's office indicate that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.” Mr. Trump urged his followers to protest. Mr. Trump denies the encounters occurred, says he did nothing wrong and has cast the investigation as a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor bent on sabotaging the Republican’s 2024 presidential campaign. Mr. Cohen has said that at Mr. Trump’s direction, he arranged payments totaling $280,000 to porn actor Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.