Timeline of the scandals that led to the indictment of Donald Trump | World News

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Here’s a chronology of the scandals that led to the conviction of Trump, the first former president to face criminal charges.

2006: Porn star Stormy Daniels reveals she met Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

2007: A year later, Trump invited Daniels to meet with him at his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss appearing on a show.

2011: Daniels gives an interview to In Touch magazine detailing her alleged affair with Trump.

July 2016: Trump clinches the Republican nomination for president just over a year after announcing his candidacy.

October 2016: Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen arranged to pay Daniels $130,000 to ensure she remained silent about her alleged affair with Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported.

November 2016: Trump wins the presidency.

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January 2018: The Wall Street Journal reports on Cohen’s deal with Daniels. Once again, Trump and Cohen categorically denied it, though Cohen did not mention the payment to Daniels.

February 2018: Cohen tells the New York Times that he paid Daniels with his own money and was not directed by Trump Corporation or the campaign. He said Trump never reimbursed him for the payments.

April 2018: Trump’s hush money payment to Daniels becomes public in January.

July 2018: Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s personal lawyers at the time, tells Fox News that the payment to Daniels was not a campaign finance violation because the money was “passed through a law firm pooled,” and Cohen was paid back by Trump.

August 2018: Cohen pleads guilty in Manhattan federal court to criminal charges, including campaign finance violations for hush money payments.

December 2018: Cohen is sentenced to three years in federal prison.

August 2019: Cyrus Vance, then the Manhattan district attorney, issues a subpoena to the Trump Organization for hush money payment records.

May 2020: Cohen is released early due to concerns about COVID-19 and ordered to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

December 2022: The Trump Organization is found guilty of tax fraud following a trial in New York state court in Manhattan. A month later, the company was fined $1.6 million.

January 2023: Evidence presented regarding Trump’s alleged role in 2016 hush money payments to a grand jury.

March 2023: Manhattan prosecutors ask Trump to testify before a grand jury, but he refuses. Cohen testified while Daniels met with prosecutors.

April 2023: Trump arrives in New York to surrender before a Manhattan courtroom where he will be arraigned.