Nikki Haley, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, came out in defense of her primary opponent, former President Donald Trump, amid reports Trump may be arrested and charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
Over the weekend, Trump said he had learned Bragg’s office would bring charges against him. The charges could stem from a $130,000 payment Trump allegedly facilitated to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to stop her from going public with claims they had an affair. Legal scholar Jonathan Turley has said Bragg’s office may argue the payment should have been classified as a campaign expense but was wrongly classified as a business expense by the Trump organization, in violation of Section 175 of New York law, which can classify the falsification of business records as a Class E felony….}