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Debatable indictment: On the Donald Trump case

Donald Trump’s indictment (अभियोग) will politically polarise (separate into two opposing groups) Americans further

In a dramatic (नाटकीय, महत्वपूर्ण), but not unexpected, turn of events (घटनाओं का क्रम), former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted ((by a grand jury) to formally accuse a person that he/she has committed a serious crime; charge, arraign, allege, incriminate) by a grand jury (judges, tribunal, board, judge, the Judge, committee, panel, prosecutor and court) in New York in the case of hush-money paid to adult film actor Stormy Daniels in 2016, before the presidential election of that year. While the indictment, the first one ever against a former U.S. President, remains under seal and the specific charges and the extent of evidence remain unclear still, media reports and comments by Mr. Trump’s lawyers indicate that the charges could include the fact that (used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion) Mr. Trump’s erstwhile (भूतपूर्व, पुराना) attorney Michael Cohen paid $1,30,000 to Ms. Daniels on the 45th President’s behalf, apparently (प्रकट रूप से, जाहिर है) to stop her from going public with the story of their consensual (सहमति से) (and earlier) extramarital ((particularly of sexual relationships) taking place outside of a marriage) encounter (meeting, contact, rendezvous). Mr. Trump is said to have reimbursed (प्रतिपूर्ति करना, क्षतिपूर्ति) the amount to Mr. Cohen after he won the election, which was then passed off (falsely represent, misrepresent) as legal expenses. In this regard the charge in the indictment is expected to be a falsification (misrepresentation, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation) of business records, but that is only a misdemeanour (दुष्कर्म, अपराध) offence (crime, illegal act, breach of the law, violation of the law, wrongdoing, act of misconduct, misdeed) in New York, not a felony ((a more serious) crime punishable by long-term imprisonments). To prosecute (take to court, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, charge) Mr. Trump for a felony, the onus (जिम्मेदारी, कर्तव्य) is on Manhattan District Attorney (DA) (the chief prosecutor representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county) Alvin Bragg to not only link the falsified (fake, forged, manipulated, counterfeited) bookkeeping (the practice of keeping systematic records of financial transactions. (auditing, accounting, balancing the books)) to Mr. Trump directly but also to show that the business records in question were falsified to cover up (conceal, hide, camouflage, gloss over, whitewash, paper over) an entirely different crime. Speculation (अनुमान, भविष्यवाणी) is rife that the crime that will be cited for this charge (accusation, allegation, indictment) will be a potential (संभावना, मुमकिन) violation (उल्लंघन, अपराध) of campaign finance laws (अभियान वित्त कानून) — yet, this is where the prosecution (legal action, legal proceeding, legal case) case appears less firm. Following Mr. Cohen’s claim that he had paid Ms. Daniels at Mr. Trump’s behest (instruction, command, order, demand, insistence), there was a question of whether Mr. Trump would be liable (उत्तरदायी, ज़िम्मेदार) under federal (संघीय) campaign (canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group) finance laws, which require monies received as campaign donations to be disclosed (reveal, release, make public, make known) transparently (directly/clearly, straightforwardly, undoubtedly, precisely) and be subject to specified legal limits. However, a federal investigation into this matter was closed in 2019, which suggests that the weight (importance, significance, substance) of evidence here may not have been compelling (convincing, powerful, strong, credible, well founded) at the time.

The broader question underlying the indictment is whether Democrats are scoring a self-goal. While more serious issues that could be potential charges against Mr. Trump are on the scanner (under investigation or examination) of the Justice Department, including certain dealings of the Trump Organization, his role in inciting (stir up, trigger, foment, instigate, provoke) the January 6, 2021 insurrection (coup, uprising, rebellion, putsch; civil unrest/disorder) and withholding (denial to give something back that is due/pending) classified ((officially) private, personal, intimate, secret) information after demitting office, the Manhattan DA’s reliance on the hush-money case could end up (finish up, turn up, come/appear, find oneself (to a particular course of action in the end)) as blowback (unexpected (bad & harmful) outcomes; negative consequences/results/reactions of an action or decision (particularly, of a political action)) for the Democrats, especially given the dangers that it will polarise Americans further and be seen as pure political partisanship (prejudice, bias, one-sidedness, partiality, sectarianism, discrimination, unfairness, injustice). Mr. Trump will of course extract every ounce of political capital (it refers to the goodwill, trust and influence that politicians earn or build up with the public through the pursuit of policies that people like or respect) that he can from what he has described as “political persecution (oppression, victimization, harassment)” and a “witch hunt (it means to find and punish people believed to be evil- even if they were not. It does also mean an unfair campaign by one side against its political opponents)”, and that too will likely not favour (support, back) Democrats in the 2024 election.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.indictment (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियोग
English Meaning - a formal written accusation by a grand jury that a person has committed a serious crime; charge, arraignment, allegation, incrimination.

2.dramatic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - नाटकीय, महत्वपूर्ण
English Meaning - significant, important, sudden & striking.

3.turn of events (noun)

Hindi Meaning - घटनाओं का क्रम
English Meaning - occurrence, happening, circumstance, incident.

4.erstwhile (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - भूतपूर्व, पुराना
English Meaning - old, previous, former, then.

5.apparently (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - प्रकट रूप से, जाहिर है
English Meaning - seemingly, evidently, it appears (that), ostensibly.

6.consensual (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - सहमति से
English Meaning - relating to consensus/consent; in agreement with those who involved.

7.reimburse (verb)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिपूर्ति करना, क्षतिपूर्ति
English Meaning - compensate, refund, repay.

8.misdemeanour (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दुष्कर्म, अपराध
English Meaning - a crime punishable by fines or short-time imprisonments.

9.onus (noun)

Hindi Meaning - जिम्मेदारी, कर्तव्य
English Meaning - responsibility, duty, burden.

10.speculation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अनुमान, भविष्यवाणी
English Meaning - conjecture, supposition, prediction, guesswork, surmise, opinion, presumption, assumption.

11.potential (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - संभावना, मुमकिन
English Meaning - possible, likely, probable.

12.violation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उल्लंघन, अपराध
English Meaning - breach, contravention, infringement, breaking, non-observance.

13.campaign finance laws (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान वित्त कानून
English Meaning - laws, in the U.S, that regulate the amounts of money political candidates or parties may receive from individuals or organizations.

14.liable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उत्तरदायी, ज़िम्मेदार
English Meaning - responsible, accountable, answerable.

15.federal (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - संघीय
English Meaning - (in the US) relating to the system of government (both a national government and governments of the 50 states) as defined in the Constitution which is based on the separation of powers among three branches: the executive, the legislative and the judicial branch.

16.debatable (adjective)

English Meaning - arguable, questionable, at issue, open to question.

17.polarise (verb)

English Meaning - separate into two opposing groups.

18.indict (verb)

English Meaning - (by a grand jury) to formally accuse a person that he/she has committed a serious crime; charge, arraign, allege, incriminate.

19.jury (noun)

English Meaning - judges, tribunal, board, judge, the Judge, committee, panel, prosecutor and court.

20.hush money (noun)

English Meaning - payment, payout, reward (given to someone to keep the information secret).

21.under seal (phrase)

English Meaning - (of documents) filed in a closed envelope.

22.the fact that (phrase)

English Meaning - used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.

23.attorney (noun)

English Meaning - lawyer, legal practitioner, legal adviser, counsel, advocate.

24.on behalf of (noun)

English Meaning - as a representative of, at the behest of, in the name of.

25.go public (phrase)

English Meaning - reveal (private) details.

26.extramarital (adjective)

English Meaning - (particularly of sexual relationships) taking place outside of a marriage.

27.encounter (noun)

English Meaning - meeting, contact, rendezvous.

28.pass off (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - falsely represent, misrepresent.

29.falsification (noun)

English Meaning - misrepresentation, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation.

30.offence (noun)

English Meaning - crime, illegal act, breach of the law, violation of the law, wrongdoing, act of misconduct, misdeed.

31.felony (noun)

English Meaning - (a more serious) crime punishable by long-term imprisonments.

32.prosecute (verb)

English Meaning - take to court, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, charge.

33.District Attorney (DA) (noun)

English Meaning - the chief prosecutor representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county.

34.falsified (adjective)

English Meaning - fake, forged, manipulated, counterfeited.

35.bookkeeping (noun)

English Meaning - the practice of keeping systematic records of financial transactions. (auditing, accounting, balancing the books).

36.in question (phrase)

English Meaning - at issue, for debate, under consideration, under discussion.

37.falsify (adjective)

English Meaning - fake, forge, manipulate, counterfeit.

38.cover up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - conceal, hide, camouflage, gloss over, whitewash, paper over.

39.rife (adjective)

English Meaning - widespread, general, common, extensive, prevalent, ubiquitous, omnipresent, everywhere, present everywhere.

40.cite (verb)

English Meaning - refer to, make reference to, mention, point to.

41.charge (noun)

English Meaning - accusation, allegation, indictment.

42.campaign (noun)

English Meaning - canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.

43.prosecution (noun)

English Meaning - legal action, legal proceeding, legal case.

44.behest (noun)

English Meaning - instruction, command, order, demand, insistence.

45.monies (noun)

English Meaning - plural form of money.

46.disclose (verb)

English Meaning - reveal, release, make public, make known.

47.transparently (adverb)

English Meaning - directly/clearly, straightforwardly, undoubtedly, precisely.

48.subject to (adjective)

English Meaning - put through, treat with, lay open to, submit to.

49.weight (noun)

English Meaning - importance, significance, substance.

50.compelling (adjective)

English Meaning - convincing, powerful, strong, credible, well founded.

51.underlie (verb)

English Meaning - be the cause of, be the basis of, be the fundamental of.

52.Democrat (noun)

English Meaning - (in the US) a member or supporter of the Democratic Party (also referred to as the DEM); liberal.

53.score a self-goal (phrase)

English Meaning - (figuratively) do something that has the unintentional effect of hurting your own interests.

54.on the scanner (phrase)

English Meaning - under investigation or examination.

55.the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) (noun)

English Meaning - The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

56.incite (verb)

English Meaning - stir up, trigger, foment, instigate, provoke.

57.insurrection (noun)

English Meaning - coup, uprising, rebellion, putsch; civil unrest/disorder.

58.withholding (noun)

English Meaning - denial to give something back that is due/pending.

59.classified (adjective)

English Meaning - (officially) private, personal, intimate, secret.

60.demit (verb)

English Meaning - withdraw from, resign from, retire from, step down from.

61.reliance on (noun)

English Meaning - confidence in, dependence, belief in.

62.end up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - finish up, turn up, come/appear, find oneself (to a particular course of action in the end).

63.blowback (noun)

English Meaning - unexpected (bad & harmful) outcomes; negative consequences/results/reactions of an action or decision (particularly, of a political action).

64.given (preposition)

English Meaning - considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.

65.partisanship (noun)

English Meaning - prejudice, bias, one-sidedness, partiality, sectarianism, discrimination, unfairness, injustice.

66.every ounce of something (phrase)

English Meaning - all available emotions.

67.political capital (noun)

English Meaning - it refers to the goodwill, trust and influence that politicians earn or build up with the public through the pursuit of policies that people like or respect.

68.persecution (noun)

English Meaning - oppression, victimization, harassment.

69.witch hunt (noun)

English Meaning - it means to find and punish people believed to be evil- even if they were not. It does also mean an unfair campaign by one side against its political opponents.

70.favour (verb)

English Meaning - support, back.