Donald Trump has issued a statement about his grand jury indictment. Read it in full here

NOW. AND FIRST AT 11, WE ARE FOLLOWING TWO BIG DEVELOPING STORIES, BOTH INVOLVING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. ONE CENTERS AROUND CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE OTHER FOCUSES ON HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS AND THE INDICTMENT, TRUMP BELIEVES, IS STILL LOOMING. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M SHAYNE WRIGHT AND I’M TIFFANY KENNEY. SOURCES NOW TELL ABC NEWS THAT SPECIAL PROSECUTORS HAVE EVIDENCE MR. TRUMP MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW BY ALLEGEDLY NO ONLY MISLEADING HIS OWN LAWYERS ABOUT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AFTER HIS TIME IN OFFICE. THIS ALL COMES AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT SURROUNDING HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. WELL, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED HE WOULD BE ARRESTED TODAY. THE GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW. ARI, HE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SPEAKING TO A FORMER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TRIAL ATTORNEY ON WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO REACH AN INDICTMENT. ARI, HAD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEEN INDICTED TODAY, AS HE SAID HE WOULD, THEN HE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED TO HAVE JUMPED ON HIS TRUMP PLANE HERE, FLOWN TO NEW YORK AND SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES THERE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLANE IS STILL HERE AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS STILL DOWN THE ROAD AT MAR A LAGO, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT COULD CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT. MANY PEOPLE BY NOW HAVE HEARD THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS SIMPLY A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS REASON TO HOLD THE PERSON. THE ANSWER TO THE CHARGE. RICHARD SERAFINI IS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND A FORMER TRIAL ATTORNEY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HE SAYS IN NEW YORK, FELONY CHARGES MUST COME FROM A GRAND JURY. THAT’S A GROUP OF 23 PEOPLE WHO HEAR DETAILS OF THE CASE. THEY HEAR EVIDENCE FROM THE PROSECUTORS AND THEY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A CRIME DURING A GRAND JURY PROCEEDING. THERE IS NO JUDGE, NOBODY THERE TO REPRESENT THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE OF THAT, PROSECUTORS ALMOST ALWAYS WIN ULTIMATELY. I MEAN, IT IS THE JURY. THE GRAND JURY MAKES A DETERMINATION. I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, OVERWHELMINGLY, A PROSECUTOR WILL GET AN INDICTMENT IF HE OR SHE REQUESTS. AND A GRAND JURY DOES NOT NEED TO BE UNANIMOUS. JUST A MAJORITY HAVE TO VOTE TO INDICT. SO IN THE CASE OF DONALD TRUMP, IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN MANHATTAN CAN CONVINCE A MAJORITY OF THE GRAND JURY THAT TRUMP COMMITTED A CRIME, TRUMP WILL BE INDICTED. BUT KEEP IN MIND, A GRAND JURY, AN INDICTMENT THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH AND NO BEARING AT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO A PERSON’S GUILT OR INNOCENCE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DETERMINED AT A TRIAL. REPORTING LIVE AT PALM BEA

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. The indictment, confirmed Thursday by Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, and other people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss sealed criminal charges, is an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. It is likely to galvanize critics who say Trump lied and cheated his way to the top and embolden supporters who feel the Republican is being unfairly targeted by a Democratic prosecutor.The district attorney's investigation centered on money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, whom he feared would go public with claims that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him.Trump has issued a statement in response to the news of the indictment. It appears in its entirety below: “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats - the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country - have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement. You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this.“The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable - indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference.“Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done. The Democrats have cheated countless times over the decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President, has never happened before. Ever.“Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace. Rather than stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City, he’s doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on. This is how Bragg spends his time!“I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. 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!”The above statement contains several claims. Get the facts on each below.The Robert Mueller report surrounding inquiries into election interference can be read in full here.Trump’s first impeachment was related to a call that he had with the Ukrainian president. You can read the full articles of impeachment here. He was impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate.Trump’s second impeachment was related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. You can read the full articles of impeachment here. He was impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate.This article from FactCheck.org lays out key details about the search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

The indictment, confirmed Thursday by Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, and other people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss sealed criminal charges, is an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. It is likely to galvanize critics who say Trump lied and cheated his way to the top and embolden supporters who feel the Republican is being unfairly targeted by a Democratic prosecutor.

The district attorney's investigation centered on money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, whom he feared would go public with claims that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him.

Trump has issued a statement in response to the news of the indictment. It appears in its entirety below:

“This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats - the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country - have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement. You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this.

“The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable - indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference.

“Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done. The Democrats have cheated countless times over the decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President, has never happened before. Ever.

“Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace. Rather than stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City, he’s doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on. This is how Bragg spends his time!

“I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. 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!”

The above statement contains several claims. Get the facts on each below.

The Robert Mueller report surrounding inquiries into election interference .

Trump’s first impeachment was related to a call that he had with the Ukrainian president. You can read the full . He was impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate.

Trump’s second impeachment was related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. You can read the full . He was impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate.
lays out key details about the search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

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