The unprecedented indictment comes as the Republican faces other legal investigations and launches a bid to return to the White House in 2024. The indictment will test the Republican Party already divided over whether to support Trump next year,

Ex-president is expected to appear for his arraignment on Tuesday where he will be fingerprinted, photographed and processed for arrest

The indictment, voted on by the grand jury Thursday afternoon, thrusts the country onto uncharted and uncertain legal and political ground.

Manhattan prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s role in paying hush-money to a porn star also have been examining a $150,000 payment to a former Playboy model who alleged that she had an affair with the former president.

The indictment marks the first time in American history that a U.S. president has been prosecuted on criminal charges.

Donald Trump was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star who has said she had a sexual relationship with him, a law enforcement source said,