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

His then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he paid the porn star for her silence about an affair she says she had with the former president prior to the 2016 election.

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

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election. These include the $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels,

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

Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in a move that threatens to upend the American political landscape.