Trump indictment: A simple guide to what it means

Former US President Donald Trump is being charged with a transgression successful narration to a outgo helium made to a porn star.

The antheral who spent 4 years successful the White House volition beryllium fingerprinted, could beryllium fixed a mugshot photograph and past brought earlier a justice connected Tuesday.

This is happening arsenic helium campaigns to go president again, successful the 2024 election.

Here is what the lawsuit is about.

On Monday, Mr Trump travelled from his Florida location to New York City up of his apprehension and tribunal quality connected Tuesday.

A caller lawyer, Todd Blanche, is expected to articulation Mr Trump's ineligible squad up of his arraignment.

The erstwhile president is expected to beryllium released connected bail by the tribunal and volition instrumentality to his Mar-a-Lago location connected Tuesday evening earlier addressing supporters astatine 20:15 section time.

A assemblage successful New York past week voted to indict Mr Trump, which means they believed determination was capable grounds to bring transgression charges against him.

We don't yet cognize what those charges are, but his lawyers person said helium volition plead not guilty.

But for weeks the assemblage has been proceeding grounds astir a outgo made to bargain the soundlessness of a porn prima called Stormy Daniels.

It happened earlier the 76-year-old was president, conscionable anterior to the 2016 predetermination which helium won against Hillary Clinton.

Stormy Daniels says she had an matter with Mr Trump successful 2006, which helium has ever denied.

In 2016 she tried to merchantability her relationship of what happened to the media. Mr Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid her $130,000 (£105,000) to support quiet. That benignant of outgo is called hush money.

That is not amerciable but what has got Mr Trump into occupation is however Mr Cohen's reimbursement was recorded successful his accounts. He is accused of falsifying his concern records by saying the outgo was for ineligible fees.

As it happened conscionable earlier Americans were owed to vote, it whitethorn besides interruption laws astir payments that assistance an predetermination campaign.

There volition present beryllium a proceedings wherever Mr Trump volition marque his case, but we don't cognize erstwhile that volition be.

He has denied immoderate wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated.

The astir apt result astatine the extremity of this ineligible process is simply a good but determination is besides a accidental helium could beryllium sent to prison.

If immoderate of the charges are superior - what successful the US is called a felony - past Mr Trump would look a maximum of 4 years successful prison.

But ineligible experts archer the BBC that clip down bars is unlikely.

Yes, there's thing successful the US constitution to forestall Mr Trump from continuing his predetermination run present helium is being charged.

Even if helium was imprisoned, helium could theoretically inactive tally for president and triumph an election.

But determination are applicable considerations.

A prolonged ineligible combat and a proceedings volition beryllium a large diversion from a statesmanlike run - successful clip and energy, and the scheduling of predetermination rallies.

Yes. He faced 2 large inquiries by Congress erstwhile helium was president, called impeachments, but was acquitted by the US Senate some times.

Now helium has near bureau helium tin nary longer beryllium impeached but alternatively tin beryllium indicted and faces a fig of transgression investigations.

They are continuing and we volition perceive much astir them successful the months ahead.