It's proving much easier to decry potential charges against Donald Trump as politically motivated than as unwarranted.

The criminal probe of the former president was triggered by these Wall Street Journal articles concerning a payment to a porn star.

Officials in New York and Washington are taking preemptive security measures in case a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump leads to widespread protests.

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized the Manhattan district attorney who is pursuing charges against former President Donald Trump and vowed his office would not be involved if the matter trickles into Trump's adopted home state.

Trump has alerted his supporters that he could be indicted as soon as Tuesday and ordered up anti-law-enforcement demonstrations.