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Owayengumongameli wase-US Donald Trump uthe ulindele “ukuboshwa” ngoLwesibili ngecala lemali yokuthula okuthiwa yakhokhelwa isihlabani socansi ngaphambi kokhetho lwango-2016, ecela abalandeli bakhe ukuthi babhikishe.
Ecaphuna “ukuputshuka” kwehhovisi lommeli wesifunda saseManhattan, uTrump ubhale enkundleni yakhe ethi Truth Social ngoMgqibelo ekuseni: “Umholi ohamba phambili wamaRepublican kanye nowayenguMengameli wase-United States of America bazoboshwa ngoLwesibili lwesonto elizayo. Bhubhisa, buyisela isizwe sethu emuva!”
Imali ekhokhelwe uStormy Daniels
Uphenyo lugxile ku-$130 000 owakhokhelwa amasonto ngaphambi kokuvota kuka-2016 ukuze avimbe uStormy Daniels, ogama lakhe langempela nguStephanie Clifford, ukuba aphumele obala ngodaba athi waba nalo noTrump eminyakeni edlule.
Abashushisi bahlola ukuthi bazombeka icala yini uTrump kuleli cala, kanti nokuqagela kuyaqina ukuthi kungenzeka abekwe icala.
Ukuqokwa kweRiphabhulikhi kusengcupheni
Ukube ummeli wesifunda saseManhattan ubengabeka uTrump icala, lo wesilisa oneminyaka engu-76 ubudala uzoba ngumongameli wokuqala ukuthweswa icala lobugebengu. Lokho kuzophinde kuphakamise isicelo sakhe sokuwina ukuqokwa kweRiphabhulikhi okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2024.
FUNDA FUTHI: UTrump akufanele aphinde abambe isikhundla – umbiko wokuvukela umbuso wase-US
Ummeli kaTrump utshele i-CNBC ngoLwesihlanu kusihlwa ukuthi ikhasimende lakhe lizozinikela ukuze libhekane namacala obugebengu uma libekwe icala yijaji elikhulu laseManhattan.
UTrump ukuphikile ukuthi ujola noDaniels futhi ukuchithile lolu phenyo wathi luhlobene nepolitiki.
Eposini lakhe, elibhalwe ngosonhlamvukazi, uTrump ukhulume “ngokuputshuka okungekho emthethweni okuvela ehhovisi labameli besifunda saseManhattan elikhohlakele nelinepolitiki enkulu” futhi wathi uphenyo “lusekelwe endabeni endala futhi ehlanjululwe ngokugcwele (abanye abashushisi abaningi!)
Isimemo sokufakaza
UDaniels uhlangane nabashushisi ngoLwesithathu futhi “wavuma ukuzenza atholakale njengofakazi, noma ukuze aqhubeke nophenyo uma kudingeka,” ngokusho kommeli wakhe uCharles Brewster.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uTrump wanikwa ithuba lokufakaza ithimba loMmeli Wesifunda u-Alvin Bragg kodwa kulindeleke ukuthi ehle, ukugwema ukuzifaka ngecala.
Ongoti bathi isimemo siwuphawu lokuthi cishe uzokhokhiswa.
NgoMsombuluko, owayengummeli kaTrump, uMichael Cohen, wethula ubufakazi phambi kwejaji elikhulu eNew York. Inkokhelo eyanikwa uDaniels yenziwe nguCohen, othe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wabuyiselwa.
FUNDA FUTHI: UTrump uthi amanxusa e-FBI agasele emzini wakhe oseMar-a-Lago eFlorida
Inkokhelo, uma ingabalwa kahle, ingase ibangele inkokhiso yesenzo esingalungile esihlobene nokwenza amarekhodi amarekhodi ebhizinisi amanga. Lokho kungase kuphakanyiswe kube icala uma ukubalwa kwezimali okungamanga bekuhloselwe ukufihla ubugebengu besibili, obufana nokwephulwa kwezimali zomkhankaso, I-New York Times uye wabika.
Uphenyo oluningana lobugebengu
UTrump ubhekene uphenyo oluningana lobugebengu ezingeni likahulumeni kanye nenhlangano mayelana nokwenza okubi okungenzeka ngaphambi, ngesikhathi nangemva kwehlandla lakhe lokuqala ehhovisi elisongela ukusebenza kwakhe okusha e-White House.
EGeorgia, umshushisi uphenya imizamo kaTrump nabalingani bakhe yokuchitha ukulahlekelwa kwakhe okhethweni lwango-2020 esifundazweni esiseningizimu. Ijaji elikhulu kuleli cala lincome ukuthi kubekwe amacala amaningi, kusho indunakazi ngenyanga edlule.
Lowo owayengumongameli uphinde abe yisihloko sophenyo lukahulumeni mayelana nokuphatha kwakhe imibhalo eyimfihlo kanye nokubandakanyeka kwakhe ekuhlaselweni kwe-US Capitol yangomhla ziyisi-6 kuJanuwari 2021.
