Former President Donald Trump’s indictment by a New York grand jury has thrust the nation into uncharted political, legal and historical waters, and raised a slew of questions about how the criminal case will unfold.

Ex-president denies affair with Stormy Daniels but has admitted directing Michael Cohen to pay Daniels $130,000

Donald Trump has become the first former president to be indicted in a criminal case after a grand jury investigation into hush money payments made on his behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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

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

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

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,