Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday and called on his supporters to protest, as prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star.
美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普于周六表示,他预计将于周二被捕,并呼吁他的支持者进行抗议,因为检察官正在调查他向一名色情明星支付封口费的指控。
On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump posted that a leak from the Manhattan District Attorney's office indicated
特朗普在他的社交媒体平台Truth Social上发帖称,根据曼哈顿地区检察官办公室的泄密,
"the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week."
“遥遥领先的共和党候选人、美利坚合众国前总统,将于下周二被捕。”
Trump, whose supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed effort to overturn his election defeat, wrote: "Protest, take our nation back!"
特朗普的支持者于2021年1月6日冲进美国国会大厦,寻求推翻特朗普败选结果,但未能成功。特朗普写道:“抗议,把我们的国家夺回来!”
A spokesman for Trump said the former president had not been notified of any arrest.
特朗普的一位发言人表示,这位前总统目前还没有接到任何逮捕通知。
Trump provided no evidence of leaks and did not discuss the possible charges in his post.
在他的帖子中,特朗普没有提供有关泄密的证据,也没有讨论可能的指控。
The probe comes at a critical time, as Trump seeks the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024.
此次调查正值特朗普寻求2024年共和党总统候选人提名的关键时刻。
No U.S. president has faced criminal charges while in office or afterward.
历史上没有任何一位美国总统在任职期间或之后面临刑事指控。
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment.
曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格的发言人拒绝置评。
His office has been investigating a $130,000 payment made by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run up to the 2016 election.
他的办公室一直在调查特朗普的前私人律师迈克尔·科恩在2016年大选前向色情明星斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元一事。
Trump has called the investigation a witch hunt. Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday decried the investigation.
特朗普称这项调查是政治迫害。 美国众议院议长、共和党人凯文·麦卡锡也在周六谴责了该调查。