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People magazine provided intimate details about the relationship between former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump now that the 45th commander-in-chief has been indicted and will be arraigned on Tuesday.
“Melania and Donald were both shocked when they were told” about the indictment, People reported, citing a “political source” close to the former first couple.
The source told People: “They weren’t expecting it, but Melania will support him. That’s what she does. They are a family.”
A second source in Palm Beach, where the first couple’s Mar-a-Lago estate is located, said that after they got word of the indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, they did not change their social schedule and went ahead and dined with friends at their estate later that evening.
“Like usual, drama swirls around them, and they wade through it. It’s part of their lives,” the source said.
Trump adviser Gina Loudon also stated that the Trumps behaved as though things were normal at the event. “Beautiful evening here at the gorgeous Mar a Lago!” she tweeted.
Beautiful evening here at the gorgeous Mar a Lago!
Our REAL First Couple enveloped in the love of their friends and most loyal!
(Sorry to disappoint, corporate media 😜. Actually not. Screw you! This is a happiness you will never know, sadly). pic.twitter.com/IFsFU41lAd
— Dr. Gina (@RealDrGina) March 31, 2023
“Our REAL First Couple enveloped in the love of their friends and most loyal!” she added.
According to reports, Trump was indicted on charges related to ‘hush money’ payments made ahead of the 2016 election to adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal of $130,000 and $150,000, respectively, for alleged affairs in the mid-2000s that Trump has vehemently denied.
Trump attorney Alina Habba shared a big update on Fox News ahead of the former president’s arraignment on Tuesday in New York.
Alina Habba spoke on Fox News about Trump being indicted late last week by a Manhattan grand jury in a case involving his purported role in hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, allegedly to keep Daniels quiet about an affair the two of them had in 2006.
“You know, we have Letitia James, that’s probably the most prominent one that I want to discuss because that is, again, a corrupt system. They’re going after the Trump Organization, poor Allen Weisselberg is sitting in Rikers Island right now over what — valuations? This is a real estate company that has done extremely well, is successful, and they’re trying to take them and all of their individuals that lead that company down for nothing,” Habba noted.
“You know, they got three years of special proceeding investigations. They interviewed almost 60 people. We have five weeks,” she said. “This shows exactly how corrupt New York’s judicial system has become. The D.A.s and the A.G.s, Jim Jordan, I hope he brings in each and every one of them and asks them where the funding came from and how they think it’s appropriate to take funding away from the city that is now falling apart, which I used to love.
“They are taking funding away while people are dying and there is crime rampant in the streets to go after the leading GOP Republican candidate. It is unacceptable,” she added.
“That is, for me, the most important case I have. Other than that, you know, a lot of them are cases where we have to defend against things like election fraud, things like — I have a case in Pennsylvania, you know, somebody tweeted something and they sue Donald Trump. You know, I have a case against Mary Trump and The New York Times. I’m defending the case against E. Jean Carroll In three weeks on trial in New York. Again, the same thing, rapid, rapid trials,” she concluded.
WATCH:
Trump is expected in court on Tuesday and reportedly planned to speak from his Mar-a-Lego estate in Florida later that day. However, District Attorney Alvin Bragg is likely going to seek a gag order, which would prevent the former president from speaking about the case.
“I think it’s not only a possibility, but there will likely be a gag order in the case,” Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice, told Insider. “Gag orders are very common in criminal cases, particularly where there is an enormous amount of pretrial publicity like this one.”
