Ngabe uDonald Trump uzoboshwa? Odinga ukukwazi

UDonald Trump waqopha umlando ongenakuvinjelwa ngenkathi ehlala e-White House, eba ngumongameli wokuqala ukuba ulahlwe kabili yiNdlu yabaMeli.

Izinkinga zakhe zomthetho ziye zanda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

NgoMgqibelo, uTrump uthe enkundleni yezokuxhumana iTruth Social ukuthi uzoboshwa ngoLwesibili mayelana necala elethwe yiManhattan Dist. Athi. Alvin Bragg. Umongameli wangaphambili ucaphune “ukuvuza okungekho emthethweni” ehhovisi likaBragg njengomthombo wolwazi lwakhe; ummeli wakhe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uthe asikho isaziso esisemthethweni esivela kumshushisi, futhi uBragg wenqabile ukuphawula.

UBragg ubethula icala lobugebengu elibhekene noTrump phambi kwejaji elikhulu eManhattan, elihlangane ngoMsombuluko ukuze lilalele ubufakazi obunikezwa abameli bakaTrump – isibonakaliso sokuthi umsebenzi wejaji cishe usuqediwe nokuthi ukuthweswa icala kungase kusondele. UTrump usenqabile isimemo sokufakaza.

Lelo ngelinye nje lamacala amaningi angokomthetho uTrump abhekene nawo. Nansi indatshana yokwenzekayo manje, kanye nezinye izinkinga ezisazobhekana nowayengumengameli.

Kungani abashushisi baseNew York City bephenya uTrump?

Ngoba uTrump wayesolwa ngokwephula umthetho wezwe ngesikhathi eseNew York ngo-2016, ngesikhathi egaqele isikhundla sikamongameli.

Omunye wabameli bakaTrump, uMichael Cohen, yamukelwa enkantolo yombuso ukuthi ukhokhe u-$130,000 ku-a mdlali wethombe zocansiStormy Daniels, ngaphambi nje kokhetho lwango-2016 ukuze angakhulumi ngodaba athi wayenalo noTrump. UCohen uphinde wavuma emaphepheni asenkantolo ukuthi ibhizinisi likaTrump elizinze eNew York City lambuyisela ngonyaka olandelayo kodwa lafihla izinkokhelo njengemali enkulu egcina nyanga zonke.

UTrump ukuphikile ukuthi ujola noDaniels futhi uyamkhokhela ukuthi athule. Omunye wabameli bakhe umsole emqola imali.

Ingabe sikhona isimiso sokulinganiselwa?

Kukhona, kodwa umkhawulo wesikhathi wandiswa ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Futhi, iwashi liyama lapho ummangalelwa echitha isikhathi esengeziwe kude ne-New York, njengoba kwenza uTrump ngenkathi eseWhite House.

Ingabe lokhu kunento yokwenza nokhetho luka-2020?

Cha. Lezi zinsolo zihlobene nokhetho luka-2016, uTrump alunqoba.

Ingabe uCohen akayena yini umqambimanga owalahlwa yicala?

Yebo. Ngo-2018, walivuma icala lokuqamba amanga ebhange mayelana nezikweletu zakhe ukuze athole ulayini wesikweletu olinganiselwa ku-$500,000. Uphinde wawavuma amacala amahlanu okugwema ukukhokhiswa intela futhi, mayelana nokukhokhwa kwemali ethule, ukwephulwa komthetho wezimali zomkhankaso amabili.

Alvin Bragg uyaba ubani?

U-Bragg ofunde e-Harvard ungummeli wokuqala wesifunda esiNsundu endaweni yaseManhattan, owakhethwa ngo-2021. Ngaphambi kwalokho, uchithe iminyaka engummeli nomshushisi woMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew York kanye nohulumeni wesifunda nohulumeni.

Phakathi kwamanye amacala asewasebenzile eminyakeni edlule, ubengamele icala lommeli-jikelele waseNew York owayesola inhlangano kaTrump, iDonald J. Trump Foundation, ngokusebenza ngokungemthetho njengengalo yomkhankaso kaTrump ka-2016. (Isisekelo kuhlakazwe ngemuva kwesudi.) UBragg uphinde wasiza ekutholeni icala lowayengumeluleki kaTrump uStephen K. Bannon on amacala okukhwabanisa ngezinsolo zokuphambukisa iminikelo obekufanele isetshenziselwe ukwakha udonga emngceleni waseMexico. (I-Bannon iphinde yabhekana nezindleko zikahulumeni ezihlobene nokuqoqwa kwezimali, kodwa UTrump, ngosuku lwakhe lokugcina ehhovisi, wamxolela.)

Ingabe u-Bragg akazange ashushise uTrump kakade?

Cha. Abashushisi baseNew York bamangalele ibhizinisi likaTrump kanye nenkampani ekhokhelayo ngokukhwabanisa intela yobugebengu, ukunqoba izinkolelo ngoDisemba. Phambilini, bathola amacala kumphathi wezezimali we-Trump Organisation, u-Allen Weisselberg, amacala okuhlobene nohlelo.

Ngemva nje kokuba uBragg ethathe izintambo ngo-2022, wabonakala ebambe iqhaza ophenyweni lobugebengu ezenzweni zebhizinisi likaTrump ezaziqale ngaphansi kukamanduleli wakhe, uCyrus Vance Jr. lapho ufuna imali mboleko, phakathi kwezinye izinsolo – wesula embhikishweni osobala.

Kuthiwani ngabashushisi besifunda saseNew York?

Ummeli wombuso, uLetitia James, ngoSepthemba isudi eligcwalisiwe ngokumelene noTrump kanye namalungu amaningi omndeni wakhe namabhizinisi, kanye no-Weisselberg, ebasola enyusa ngokukhwabanisa inani eliphelele likaTrump emafayilini ezezimali asemthethweni. Iphuzu lalolu hlelo, icala lithi, bekuwukusiza uTrump ukuthi athole imali mboleko kanye nezinqubomgomo zomshuwalense ngemibandela engcono.

Leli yicala lomphakathi elifuna izinhlawulo zezezimali, hhayi icala lobugebengu elifuna ukubhadla ejele. Kepha uJames udlulisele lolu daba ku-IRS kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngamacala okungenzeka abekwe wona, ethi uTrump wephule imithetho yenhlangano ngokumelene nokukhwabanisa nokwenza izitatimende ezingamanga ezikhungweni zezimali.

Ngabe uMerrick Garland akashushisi uTrump?

Hhayi ngalesi sikhathi.

US Atty. UGen. Garland uqoke umeluleki okhethekile ozohola uphenyo loMnyango Wezobulungiswa mayelana nokuthi uTrump wephule yini umthetho wenhlangano ngo ukugcina imibhalo ethile ehlukanisiwe ngemuva kokushiya isikhundla sikamongameli. I ummeli okhethekile, uJack Smith, iphinde ihlole indima kaTrump ngoJan. 6, 2021, ukuhlasela kwe-US Capitol.

Okumenyezelwe kakhulu Usesho lwe-FBI (noma “ukuhlasela,” ngolimi lukaTrump) ngonyaka odlule endaweni yowayengumongameli waseMar-a-Lago ehlobene necala lemibhalo ehlukanisiwe.

UTrump ukuphikile ukuthi kukhona okungalungile okwenzile lapho noma mayelana nemicimbi yangomhla ka-6 Jan.

Ubani omunye ophishekela amacala uTrump?

Icala elilodwa elibe sematheni uphenyo olwenziwa yijaji laseFulton County, eGa., ngezinsolo zomzamo wokwenza lokho kuphazamisa ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2020. Leli cala ligxile emizamweni yangemva kokhetho kaTrump nabasekeli bakhe yokuhlehlisa umphumela eGeorgia, lapho uJoe Biden anqoba khona ngokulambisa. Izindawo zokuhlala e- Fulton County Athi. U-Fani Willis akakasebenzi ngezincomo zejaji elikhulu, elithe wabiza amacala amaningi.

UTrump ukuphikile noma yikuphi ukwenza okubi kuleli cala.

Uma ebekwe icala eNew York, ingabe uTrump angaboshwa futhi abuyiselwe?

Yebo. Isigaba IV soMthethosisekelo idinga ukuthi imibuso inikeze abasolwa ngobugebengu ifunwa ukuqulwa kwecala kwezinye izifundazwe, nakuba abamangalelwa bengabambezela inqubo ngokuyibekela inselele enkantolo.

INew York idinga ukuthi abamangalelwa bavele mathupha ukuze babhukhelwe, ngakho ochwepheshe bezomthetho babikezele ukuthi uTrump uzondizela eNew York futhi avele ngokuzithandela.

Ngabe ukuboshwa kuzophazamisa ikhono likaTrump lokuba ngumongameli?

Cha. Ngisho noma alahlwa yicala futhi wagqunywa ejele, uTrump angaba ngumongameli – the Umthethosisekelo wase-US udinga kuphela ukuthi umongameli okungenani abe neminyaka engama-35 ubudala, “isakhamuzi esizalwa ngokwemvelo” kanye nomhlali wase-US okungenani iminyaka eyi-14.

Noma yimaphi amacala obugebengu abhekene noTrump ngokuqinisekile angathinta umkhankaso wakhe. Futhi uma eboshiwe, ukuwina ukhetho lwango-2024 bekungeke kunqamule isigwebo sakhe ngokuzenzakalelayo.

Akukacaci ukuthi uzokwazi kanjani ukukhipha imisebenzi yehhovisi lakhe esitokisini, okusho ukuthi 25th Ukuchitshiyelwa kungaba ukudlala. Ngaphansi kwalokho, umongameli angadlulisela imisebenzi yakhe okwesikhashana kusekela mongameli uma engeke akwazi ukuwenza ngokwakhe, noma imisebenzi ingathathwa kuye uma iphini likamengameli kanye neningi lezikhulu eziphezulu zegatsha livota ukwenza lokho.

Uma esesesikhundleni, uTrump akakwazanga ukususwa ngaphandle kokuthi iNdlu imthwese icala (okwesithathu) futhi iSenethi yamlahla enecala (okokuqala).

Kodwa-ke, uMthethosisekelo awusho ukuthi “amacala aphezulu kanye namacala angalungile” adingekayo ukuze kubekwe icala angenzeka ngaphambi kokuba umongameli athathe izintambo. Eqinisweni, kukushiya kuCongress ukuthi inqume ukuthi yiziphi izenzo ezihlanganisa amacala angenakuthethelelwa nokuthi kufanele enzeke nini.

Kube yini ukusabela kukaTrump nabasekeli bakhe?

UTrump ukhiphe isicelo ngoMgqibelo ku-Truth Social ukuthi abasekeli bakhe babhikishe ngoLwesibili, nokuholele ekutheni uBragg enze kanjalo khipha imemo yangaphakathi ethi, “Asiyibekezeleli imizamo yokwesabisa ihhovisi lethu noma yokusongela umthetho waseNew York.” Ngisho nabalingani bakaTrump abaqinile abanjalo USomlomo weNdlu uKevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) kanye noRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) banxuse abalandeli ukuthi bangabhikishi.

Abanye abathathu ababambisene noTrump eNdlu, nokho, banakho bafuna ukuthi uBragg afakaze phambi kwamakomiti abo, ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Laba abathathu – u-Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), James Comer (R-Ky.) kanye noBryan Steil (R-Wis.), abahola amakomiti e-House Judiciary, Oversight and Administration, ngokulandelana – baphakamise ukuthi uphenyo luhambisana nepolitiki. igqugquzelekile futhi izophazamisa ukhetho lukamongameli lwangonyaka ozayo, kanti futhi iqeda ukwethemba komphakathi “ekusetshenzisweni kobulungiswa ngokulinganayo.”

Amanye amaRiphabhlikhi aphinde esola ukuthi uphenyo lukaBragg lungokwepolitiki. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona owayengase abe imbangi kaTrump ngokuqokwa kukamongameli weRiphabhulikhi ka-2024, uGov. waseFlorida uRon DeSantis.