
Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged former President Donald Trump with three counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The indictment details the alleged scheme, which involved orchestrating payments to suppress information damaging to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The New York Times reports that the court filing presents a detailed account of the events surrounding the $130,000 payment made in 2016 to Daniels, who alleges an affair with Trump. The indictment also outlines how Trump allegedly directed others involved in the hush-money scheme to falsify records related to the payments.