Morning news brief: Trump to be arraigned on Tuesday, Gwyneth Paltrow cleared of all charges and more
Morning news brief
Former US president Donald Trump will be arraigned before New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan next Tuesday, his lawyer Susan Necheles said, after a Manhattan jury indicted the 76-year-old Republicanfor hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. In other news, a US jury has ruled that Gwyneth Paltrow won't be liable for an accident on a swanky US ski slope. The actress was cleared of charges that were levied on her by a retired optometrist.
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Hours after the Manhattan jury announced his indictment, Trump called the jury’s decision to indict him “political persecution and election interference at the highest level.” In a lengthy statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump blamed the left saying that they are “destroying to the Make America Great Again movement.”
The Oscar-winner was in court every day, listening attentively to evidence, including Sanderson's claims that she had run into him with such force that he became airborne.
Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar is in trouble again. The congresswoman, as per Fox News, is once again embroiled in an ethics complaint. The politician who was earlier accused of marrying her brother to gain underhanded benefits has now been accused of alleged abuse of government resources.
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