News of indictment catches Trump and his team off guard
by Hugo Lowell from US news | The Guardian on (#6ABXH)
Sources say former president and aides thought prosecutors were reconsidering legal action and were taken by surprise by the announcement
Donald Trump and his top advisers were caught flat footed by the news of his indictment by the Manhattan grand jury over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, having expected no charges until at least the end of April and potentially never at all.
The former president reckoned - along with his aides - that recent reporting about the grand jury taking a break from next week meant prosecutors in the district attorney's office were reconsidering whether to seek an indictment over the matter.
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