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'Taken Note Of Trump's Indictment': India On Criminal Charges Against Former US President

Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted in a 2016 hush money case which relates to a 'hush money' payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to 2016 US presidential election

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The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that New Delhi had taken note of former US President Donald Trump's indictment, maintaining that it was for the US institutions and systems to decide the next course of action.

"We have taken note of Trump's indictment. We have noted the developments...this is a matter of US institutions and systems to address," Arindam Bagchi, the official spokesperson of the MEA reportedly said.

Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted in a 2016 hush money case which relates to a 'hush money' payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to 2016 US presidential election. While the charges against Trump are not yet specified, it's expected the case would be based on the violation of presidential campaign finance laws. 

He has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his arraignment in a Manhattan court.

He is the first US President, current or former, to have been indicted.