Former President Donald Trump made history as the first president ever to be indicted on criminal charges.
Many of his critics were happy to see the indictment, with Central Park Five Yusef Salaam and Reverend Al Sharpton included.
According to multiple reports, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump on more than 30 charges related to business fraud on Thursday, March 30. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump’s role in a cover-up relating to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, paying adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money during the 2016 presidential campaign. According to the New York Post, the indictment may also be related to a $150,000 payment made from the National Enquirer to Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Trump reportedly attempted to keep Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal from going public with news of Trump engaging in extramarital sexual relations. Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 in a Manhattan court and was sentenced to three years in prison for both Daniels and McDougal’s “hush money” payments.
Salaam, like many other of Trump’s critics, felt the indictment was “karma” for Trump’s actions toward him and the four other teenagers that were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman jogging in Central Park back in 1989. Trump took out full-page ads in several New York newspapers that called for the state of New York to adopt the death penalty.
Salaam is now a candidate for New York City Council.
“For those asking about my statement on the indictment of Donald Trump – who never said sorry for calling for my execution – here it is: Karma,” Salaam wrote on Twitter.
Sharpton also agreed with Salaam’s comments.
“All I can say is, what goes around comes around,” Sharpton said in a statement, according to the New York Post. “It’s not lost on those of us who were there in 1989 that Donald Trump will likely walk into the same courthouse…
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