Prosecutors in New York Metropolis have indicated to attorneys for former President Donald Trump that he may very well be criminally charged in reference to a hush cash fee to porn star Stormy Daniels on his behalf earlier than the 2016 presidential election, a brand new report stated Thursday.

The New York Occasions reported that Trump was supplied the chance by the Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace to testify subsequent week to the grand jury that has been accumulating proof and listening to testimony for the prison probe.

“Such gives nearly at all times point out an indictment is shut,” The Occasions article famous.

 The newspaper stated its reporters had spoken to 4 folks with information of the scenario.

Two protection attorneys for Trump protection attorneys confirmed to NBC Information that Trump has been advised by his attorneys he can seem earlier than the grand jury.

The Trump attorneys stated such a suggestion is commonplace, and that he was not issued a subpoena compelling his look.

These attorneys disputed The Occasions’ claims that prison expenses may very well be forthcoming. 

Trump’s former private lawyer Michael Cohen in 2018 admitted to paying Daniel $130,000 shortly earlier than the 2016 election to maintain her quiet about her claims to a one-time sexual tryst with Trump years earlier.

Trump, who’s looking for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has denied having intercourse with Daniels. However he reimbursed Cohen for the fee to the grownup movie actress.

A spokesperson for Trump advised NBC Information: “The Manhattan District Legal professional’s risk to indict President Trump is solely insane.”

“For the previous 5 years, the DA’s workplace has been on a Witch Hunt, investigating each facet of President Trump’s life, and so they’ve come up empty at each flip – and now this,” the spokesperson stated.

“The truth that after their intensive investigation the DA is even contemplating a brand new political assault is a transparent exoneration of President Trump in all areas. President Trump was the sufferer of extortion then, simply as he’s now. It is a humiliation to the Democrat prosecutors, and it is a humiliation to New York Metropolis.”

Along with the probe by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Trump is beneath prison investigation in Atlanta for interference within the 2020 presidential election, when he tried to get state officers to overturn the victory in Georgia by President Joe Biden.

Trump is also beneath prison investigation by the Division of Justice for efforts to reverse his loss within the Electoral Faculty to Biden that yr, and for pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to just accept the certifications of Biden electors from swing states that gave Biden his margin of victory.