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On Updates Yeah, that really did happen. A former president is being prosecuted for the first time in American history.

Several sources close to former President Donald Trump revealed to NPR on Thursday that a grand jury in New York decided to indict him on charges relating to hush money payments made to purportedly cover up relationships Trump had.

The Trump Republican machine then got to work, releasing a political playbook designed to protect the outgoing president among his supporters. That has seemed to work with them, but an unusual split has appeared: Although Trump's brand has been toxic with many Americans, it has been reinforced with Republicans.

Trump claimed in a statement late Thursday night that "This is Political Persecution and Electoral Interference at the greatest level in history." It was "an act of obvious election interference," he said, that would "backfire" on Democrats. He also assailed the Democratic New York district attorney who filed the charges, Alvin Bragg.

Republican support for him may be waning, but CPAC remains the Trump show.
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Republican support for him may be waning, but CPAC remains the Trump show.
The indictment was referred to as a "extraordinary misuse of authority" by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy