Trump Indicted Over Porn Star Hush Money In NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in New York City on highly anticipated — and unprecedented — criminal charges stemming from accusations he funded hush-money payments to a porn star, according to prosecutors and reports.

Trump became the first ex-president in U.S. history to face criminal charges Thursday when a grand jury voted to indict him in Manhattan, the New York Times was first to report.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office later confirmed the sealed indictment and said they had contacted Trump’s legal team to coordinate his surrender, which could occur early next week.

“Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected,” a spokesperson said.

The former president, who will face arraignment on charges yet to be released, issued on his social media site a statement in which he appears to have misspelled "indicted."

"These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED the 45th President of the United States of America," the message reads. "THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE...SO SAD!"

Trump has been accused of making indirect hush money payments of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels — who says she and Trump had sex in 2006 — before the 2016 election.

Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen later admitted to paying Daniels, pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance law and was sentenced in 2018 to three years in prison, Patch reported at the time.

Cohen also says he was reimbursed by the former president through payments falsely recorded as Trump Organization "legal expenses."

Trump has repeatedly denied Cohen's and Daniel's accusations and called the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation a “political Witch-Hunt."

Regardless of the outcome, the case has the potential to upend the 2024 presidential election, inflame already-boiling political tensions and bring chaos to the streets of New York City.

It's already meant death threats for Bragg.

Mayor Eric Adams promised New Yorkers Sunday the NYPD stood prepared after Trump took to his social media platform to warn of "potential death & destruction."

"We're just going to be ready no matter what happens," Adams said. "We are always ready."

Trump's response to the imminent charges have already caused friction among his legal team, according to multiple reports.

Sources told The Guardian Trump brushed off concerns that an in-person court appearance would make him vulnerable to an attempt on his life. Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina told NBC News his clients' social media messaging — specifically two side-by-side photos that show Trump holding a baseball bat next to Bragg's head — were against his best interests.

In New York, Harlem City Council candidate, and Exonerated 5 member, Yusef Salaam issued a rarity in the world of politics: a one-word statement.

"Karma."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.