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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury.
“A grand jury in New York on Thursday indicted former President Trump on charges related to an illegal hush money payment in 2016 to adult film star Stormy Daniels who alleged they had an affair, according to multiple outlets,” Axios reported.
The news comes after it was announced that the Manhattan grand jury was not going to hear any evidence for around a month which some believed meant that an indictment would wait.
Attorney Alan Dershowitz believes that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could be disbarred for his case against former president Donald Trump.
He appeared on the Fox News show “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo when he said that having Michael Cohen as a witness could damage the district attorney, Mediaite reported.
“I don’t think an indictment can actually come forward now after the comments made by [Robert] Costello,” the attorney said.
He said that “he has proved that the main witness is going to be a perjuring liar on the witness stand, and that puts the district attorney in a terrible position.”
“If he uses Cohen as a witness, he could actually lose his bar license. It’s unethical to put a witness on the stand who you know is lying, and he has to know that Cohen will be lying. Or he tries the case without Cohen, which would be very difficult, or he does the right thing: he drops the case,” he said.
The famed attorney had a busy week.
Dershowitz, whose client list formerly included the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, made headlines recently during a tense interview.
Dershowitz made an appearance on the Kim Iverson Show this week and things were going fine until Iverson asked Epstein, who killed himself in 2019.
Iversen began the interview by asking about the Manhattan grand jury case against former President Donald Trump over the alleged “hush money” payment he made to an adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, which was related to the alleged affair they had back in 2006.
Things took a turn when Iverson asked Dershowitz about his association with Epstein.
“Are you used to having people come on your show to talk about one subject and then sandbagging them on another subject without any warning?” Dershowitz asked as he was clearly upset. “This is the last time you’ll have me on your show.”
“I think I got what I needed out of you,” Iverson replies.
Dershowitz was also asked about Epstein killing himself.
“No. of course not— Wait, um, he didn’t kill himself without the help of some people. He killed himself with the help of um, guards.”
Jeffery Epstein lawyer Alan Dershowitz shocks reporter when asked if Epstein killed himself…
“No. of course not— Wait, um, he didn’t kill himself without the help of some people. He killed himself with the help of um, guards.”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 24, 2023
The former right-hand woman to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is locked away for nearly 20 years in prison, but several cases against Epstein are not going away.
Some have speculated that with recent lawsuits and court cases against Epstein and those who had connections to him, Maxwell could provide more information to help herself in the long run.
“Bill Clinton should be sweating bullets,” reporter Kari Donavan said. “It has long been suspected by court watchers that a notorious list of clientele for Epstein, allegedly including Clinton, would eventually emerge. The shocking warning came out of a new documentary that investigated the role of Britain’s Prince Andrew and his close ties as a client of Epstein’s, when the comments were made that there could be further revelations about other clients of Epstein’s because his madame – Ghislaine Maxwell – who was recently convicted for crimes associated with Epstein has until June 2023 to cooperate with prosecutors, in possibly overturning more names.”
“She is really the person who holds all the secrets,” she added. “This isn’t the end of the story.”
Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, has been moved to a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida. Maxwell will be eligible for release on July 17, 2037.
