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Former US president to travel from Florida to Trump Tower ahead of arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday.

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Donald Trump will take America through yet another grave and unprecedented national drama this week when he becomes the first ex-president to appear in ...

DeSantis, who has yet to declare a run, is running a shadow campaign rooted in the premise that he could offer Trump-style policies without the chaos or distractions of the ex-president. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina said the ex-president’s team would loudly and proudly declare he is not guilty and signaled an attempt to try to prevent the case ever from reaching trial. CNN has reported that Trump was caught off guard by the grand jury’s decision to indict him, according to a person who spoke directly with him. But the complexities of arraigning a former president under close Secret Service protection means that this is no ordinary case – even if justice suggests Trump should be treated like any other citizen. Trump may have been indicted for infringing laws in New York, but since the charges haven’t been made public, it is impossible to assess his claims. In the run-up to Tuesday’s appearance, Trump’s legal team gave a preview of a robust defense that will unfold against a backdrop of a furious political campaign. While Trump’s characteristically aggressive attacks on Bragg, the judge in the case, and the Biden Justice Department might be effective in a political context, there’s no guarantee they’ll work in court. According to fundraising numbers that his campaign is touting, Trump is getting a political boost from the attention. But Trump, using his bond with his most loyal supporters, is claiming the prosecution is a case of naked political persecution from District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, that’s designed to thwart the possibility of a presidential comeback. Trump plans to make a make a speech when he gets back to Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night in which he will seek to leverage political advantage out of a perilous, personal legal crisis. At the same time, it is ultimately Trump’s norm-busting behavior that pushed the country to this somber moment. For many Americans who disdain Trump and his riotous single term, the case could be a sign that, finally, he is being called to account for his rule-crushing behavior and that everyone – even former presidents – are equal under the law.

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The former US president is set to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally presented with charges at Manhattan court.

A court official said the arraignment is planned for 2:15pm (18:15 GMT) on Tuesday. “While you’re in town, be on your best behaviour.” All to know about Donald Trump’s case](/news/2023/3/31/donald-trump-indictment?traffic_source=KeepReading) “Control yourselves. Trump’s lawyers have said he will enter a plea of not guilty. The former president has denied wrongdoing in the case, accusing prosecutors of politically targeting him.

Former US President Donald Trump exits the stage after speaking at a campaign event in Waco. Bloomberg/Getty Images. Politics ...

The false retainer agreement could amount to falsifying business records, a [crime under New York State law](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-indictment-five-questions-legal-documents-rcna77538). [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/19/politics/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-trump/index.html). [In an interview with 60 Minutes](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stormy-daniels-describes-her-alleged-affair-with-donald-trump-60-minutes-interview/), Daniels said she met Trump in 2006, when he was the host of The Apprentice, and they had sex in his hotel suite. [Manhattan grand jury tasked with determining if there was enough evidence to pursue a case regarding the supposed $130,000 in hush money](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-investigation-timeline-manhattan-district-attorney/) Trump ordered then-fixer and former lawyer Michael Cohen to pay Daniels. The Democrats have lied, cheated, and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable, indicting a completely innocent person.” Though Trump is the subject of several legal inquiries, including the

Former President Donald Trump is en route to New York City to surrender himself to authorities after his historic indictment by a Manhattan grand jury.

Trump's lawyers will be there every step of the way, and they'll have to make sure that the jury is fairly chosen and that the jury does its job." "And I think more than anything he probably wants that public stage to play the victim, to have an audience." Another factor will be the jury, said Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina. And all of that will happen alongside the everyday operations of a busy state court office. After the hearing, Trump will be free to leave. Most similar cases would probably take a year to get to trial, Galluzzo says. Then, defendants go before a judge to hear the charges against them. He plans to immediately return to Florida, where that night he will give a speech, his campaign announced Sunday. Ultimately, more than half of the jurors were convinced there was reasonable cause to believe that Trump committed a crime, With Trump also facing [a handful of other ongoing criminal cases](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1164985436/trump-criminal-investigations), "we're in for a very rocky spring," Brinkley said. He has a large legal team and a Secret Service detail. An arraignment is a criminal defendant's first court appearance.

Trump, the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed at the downtown Manhattan courthouse on ...

Tacopina said it was unlikely there will be a "perp walk" - perp being shorthand for perpetrator - in which an individual who has been charged is paraded in front of the news media, because of security concerns. Daniels has said she was paid to keep silent about a sexual encounter she had with Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel in 2006. Word of the indictment, arising from an investigation led by Manhattan's Democratic district attorney, Alvin Bragg, surfaced last Thursday. A court official said the arraignment is planned for 14:15 on Tuesday. Demonstrations are expected at those sites and police vowed to be prepared. Before the indictment, the grand jury heard evidence about a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Former US president Donald Trump arrives in New York city to learn what charges he will be indicted with, as chaotic scenes ensue.

While you're in town be on your best behaviour." "But that's the reason I'm here, I want President Trump to see ... "How many mug shots of celebrities and music people are out there? Conservative hardliner and Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in New York and plans to lead a rally outside court as the former president is read his rights. Once he has been arraigned, Mr Trump is expected to make bail and fly straight back to Florida where he'll hold a press conference back inside the grounds of Mar-a-Lago. "This costume is a devil costume — kind of tongue in cheek — if Trump doesn't do good things in society he's going to go to hell and be reincarnated as a cockroach. In a city as large and as liberal as NYC, Marni Halasa cuts a lonely figure dressed as a money-covered devil holding a sign suggesting Donald Trump "knows where to go". - Donald Trump arrived in New York via private jet to a crowd of supporters and the world's press Tourists were trying to squeeze past and New Yorkers were trying to go about their business, but for the small group of Trump loyalists, this was a moment to stop. "I think Trump is going to [earn] a lot of donations from this. He arrived from Florida via private jet to a modest crowd of supporters and a massive pack of the world's press. - He is expected to make bail and fly straight back to Florida where he'll hold a press conference

The former president will be escorted by members of the US Secret Service throughout the journey.

A group of news organisations, including the New York Times and the Associated Press, have asked that cameras be allowed into the courtroom during the hearing. Mr Trump denies wrongdoing. He is not expected to be handcuffed. His lawyers have already said he will plead not guilty. "We're ready for this fight. Mr Trump is expected to be released on bail and will return to his Florida home on Tuesday evening.

Daniels is well-known in the adult film industry, where she won awards and also made brief cameos in a number of mainstream movies.

"Thank you to everyone for your support and love!" She was 27 at the time, and Trump was 60 and already married to Melania. However, he said, the payment was made to stop Daniels’s ‘’false and extortionist accusations.’’ She said she felt pressured into signing a non-disclosure agreement and statement denying the affair took place - but spoke out after the Wall Street Journal reported on the payment. He said he had been acting at Trump's instruction and that the payment was aimed at influencing the 2016 election by keeping Daniels's story from becoming public. Daniels told journalists in interviews that she met Trump at a golf tournament and was invited to dine with him at his hotel suite in 2006.

The former US president is now making his way to Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he will spend the night before attending court on Tuesday. The exact charges he ...

Mr Trump waved at supporters as he walked into the tower under tight security, just after 16:15 local time (20:15 GMT). His lawyers have already said he will plead not guilty. Dozens of media crews had set up camp on every available corner while at least five news helicopters hovered high over Fifth Avenue.

If we can agree that letting the former president cry it out while we all get on with our lives is the real play here, then what better time to make a molehill ...

That should be the real focus of our attention, but instead we are still training our cameras on the former president’s motorcade as he departs his Florida home for his New York one on the eve of his indictment. [At any rate, 60 percent of Americans approve of the indictment](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/politics/cnn-poll-trump-indictment/index.html), and according to new polling, his favorability and unfavorability numbers haven’t actually changed much since it happened. [mindless horserace coverage](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/02/trump-indictment-republican-support) about whether the prospect of criminal accountability is good for his electoral chances or bad for it, which we are certainly doing already, even before knowing the true seriousness of the crimes for which he is being indicted. As [Aymann Ismail](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/donald-trump-arrest-indictment-charges-new-york-protests.html) reported Monday, it’s awfully hard to predict the actions of uncoordinated angry extremists, but [experts don’t see a lot of the markers](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/politics/threat-monitoring-trump/index.html) of a coordinated insurrection campaign, despite [TV threats-slash-demands that they occur](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/donald-trump-arrest-indictment-charges-new-york-protests.html). In other words, America at large seems increasingly apt to let the former president cry it out, for longer and longer intervals, more and more frequently, regardless of how loud the few sad lingering members of his crowd shout about fairness (mostly on the internet). They are all the same.) We’re still just barely over the halfway point of the current presidency—indeed, Trump’s [early announcement that he is running for president again](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/trump-presidential-announcement-trial-anyway.html) might be mostly for self-protective purposes anyway. If we can agree that letting the former president cry it out while we all get on with our lives is the real play here, then what better time to make a molehill out of a molehill, than his appearance in New York City. [Ferber’s suggested steps are fairly straightforward](https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/sleep/ferber-method-sleep-training/): you put the baby in its crib; you say goodnight kindly; you leave it to cry itself out; you let it cry a bit longer each day before going in to reassure it. 6 sized-crowds to his side anymore](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/donald-trump-arrest-indictment-charges-new-york-protests.html). Asked to travel through corporeal time, in their actual bodies, to the streets of New York, where they might end up being deemed legally responsible for their actions, most of the zeal falls away. Lies about the [size of crowds at Trump events](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/trump-administration-ending-lying-crowd-size-protest-march.html) have been a [staple of his public life](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/8/17/20809989/donald-trump-obsession-crowd-sizes-explained-new-hampshire-rally-2020) ever since, including at [last week’s rally in Waco](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-waco-rally-crowd-size-smaller-1790873), Texas. [first official big lies in office was about the size of the crowds at his inauguration](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/the-absurdity-of-donald-trumps-lies/579622/).

The countdown is on until the former US president faces court. Get up to speed about what's happening before proceedings kick off.

Mr Trump denies the affair. A lawyer by training, Michael Cohen worked for the Trump Organization from 2006 to 2017, serving as Mr Trump's fixer. During the Trump Organization trial, she made a point of referring to Mr Trump as "President Trump". The story never ran. Previously, Mr Colangelo served as deputy assistant to then-president Barack Obama, was a deputy director of the National Economic Council and was a chief of staff for the US labor secretary. In a TV appearance in 2018, long before Mr Tacopina started representing Mr Trump, he told CNN that the payment to Ms Daniels appeared to be "illegal" and a "potential campaign finance issue". Cohen made recordings of a conversation in which he and Mr Trump spoke about the arrangement to pay Karen McDougal through the tabloid publisher. Cohen, who blamed Mr Trump for his legal problems, pleaded guilty and served about a year in prison before being released to home confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few months earlier, Cohen had also arranged for the publisher of the National Enquirer to make a similar payment to Ms McDougal for the rights to her story about an alleged affair with Mr Trump. Ms McDougal was paid $223,000 in 2016 by the parent company of the National Enquirer for the rights to her story about the alleged relationship. Karen McDougal is a former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with Mr Trump in the mid-2000s. Mr Trump said he was "completely innocent" and indicated he would not drop out of the race.

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, marking the first time in US history that a current or former president has faced ...

Never in the history of the United States has a sitting or past President been indicted on criminal charges. “The populace rightly hungers for the most accurate and current information available. “That this indictment involves a matter of monumental significance cannot possibly be disputed.

Donald Trump, the first ex-president in history to face criminal charges, is headed to New York this week for an expected arraignment on Tuesday after being ...

[asking to move the case to a different New York City borough](https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-news-04-01-23/h_be67165fd28cec4c69c3d221f46f3ca8), Tacopina said. His team “will look at every potential issue that we will be able to challenge, and we will challenge,” Tacopina said. Ordinarily, a defendant who is released would walk out the front doors, but Secret Service will want to limit the time and space where Trump is in public. By the afternoon, Trump is expected to be brought to the courtroom, where the indictment will be unsealed and he will formally face the charges. Tacopina suggested in TV interviews Sunday the statute of limitations may have passed, and said the Trump businesses didn’t make false entries. Once the former president is finished being processed, he’ll be taken through a back set of hallways and elevators to the floor where the courtroom is located. “The office is more important than any individual person. “All the Tuesday stuff is still very much up in the air, other than the fact that we will very loudly and proudly say not guilty.” The Secret Service, the New York Police Department and the court officers are coordinating security for Trump’s expected appearance. The former president will stay at Trump Tower Monday night and is expected to depart New York immediately after Tuesday’s arraignment to head back to Florida, the source said. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating Trump in connection with his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that dates to the 2016 presidential election. Trump is expected to leave Florida around noon ET on Monday, landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport around 3 p.m.

A plane carrying former US President Donald Trump flew from a Florida airport bound for New York City on Monday as he prepared to face charges stemming from ...

Former President Donald Trump is seen in New York City on April 3, 2023. Gotham/GC Images/Getty Images. CNN ...

Five still photographers will be allowed to take pictures of Trump and the courtroom before the hearing begins, however. And even a former president can’t disregard the choreography of a court case and rules of criminal procedure. But now he will be subject to the dictates of a judge and the rules and conventions of the legal system, which will be far harder for him to disrupt and divert than the institutions of political accountability he has subverted. If anyone knows how to thrive in a media circus, it is Trump. The media outlets argued that the case was of such public interest that it should be broadcast. Trump’s lawyers attempted to wrest some control of the court proceedings on Monday, arguing against a request by news organizations, including CNN, to allow television cameras into Tuesday’s arraignment. And it would further disrupt the ex-president’s capacity to dictate his political schedule and control his destiny. When he was under scrutiny in the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, or during his two impeachments, Trump exploited his huge popularity with Republican voters to discredit accusations against him. Ahead of his appearance Tuesday, for instance, Trump made a late shuffle of his legal team, bringing in another attorney, Todd Blanche, to serve as his lead counsel – a move some saw as sidelining another attorney, Joe Tacopina. Trump made a big show on Monday of his return to New York ahead of his arraignment. Trump hasn’t been charged in any of the other cases, but a multi-front defense in multiple cases would represent an extraordinary storm. Then there’s also a possible prosecution in Georgia led by a district attorney probing the ex-president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election result in the swing state.

An extraordinary moment in U.S. history is scheduled to unfold in a New York City courthouse Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump will surrender in ...

The former president and his aides are embracing the media circus. Those investigations concern efforts to undo the 2020 election results as well as the possible mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The public fascination with the case was evident Monday as national television carried live images of Trump’s motorcade from his Mar-a-Lago club to his red, white and blue Boeing 757. Top Republicans, including some of Trump’s potential rivals in next year’s GOP presidential primary, have decried the case against him. Capitol in a failed bid to halt the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s win. Still, they asked the judge in a Monday filing to ban photo and video coverage of the arraignment. This is when Trump and his defense lawyers will get their first glimpse of the precise allegations against him. we’ll get through this and win the election.” Both say they had sexual encounters with the married Trump years before he got into politics. House but was never convicted in the U.S. “He will be a gentleman,” McLaughlin said. Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S.

The arraignment of former president Donald Trump, in the presence of a secret service detail and with the world's media camped outside, will be unlike any ...

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Police in New York have erected barricades along pavements around Trump Tower and the Manhattan criminal court building, with demonstrations expected.

[The key figures in the Trump hush money case - including ex-Playboy model](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-indicted-the-key-figures-in-the-hush-money-case-including-ex-playboy-model-12846224) [Media launch bid to allow cameras in court for Trump hearing](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-media-launch-bid-to-allow-cameras-in-court-for-ex-us-presidents-hearing-12848126) [Stormy Daniels says indictment will cause 'violence and death'](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-says-legal-process-will-spark-violence-injuries-and-death-12846685) [Trump's 'knees don't buckle' and he will not take plea deal, lawyer says](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trumps-knees-dont-buckle-and-he-will-not-take-a-plea-deal-in-face-of-criminal-charges-says-lawyer-12846393) [launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-announces-he-will-run-to-become-us-president-again-in-2024-12741322), aiming to deny Democratic President [Joe Biden](https://news.sky.com/topic/joe-biden-7848) a second term in office. He added that Trump's lawyers will "dissect" the indictment once it is made public and will look at "every potential issue" to challenge. Trump has said he is innocent and he and his allies have portrayed the charges as politically motivated. "Officers have been placed on alert and the department remains ready to respond as needed and will ensure everyone is able to peacefully exercise their rights," the New York Police Department said in a statement. The arraignment, which refers to the formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant, marks Trump's first appearance in court and first in front of a judge in the case. The former president is due to be back at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, at 8.15pm local time on Tuesday (1.15am UK time on Wednesday) [Stormy Daniels](https://news.sky.com/topic/stormy-daniels-8033) allegedly made in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign. The case is set to be heard at 2.15pm US time (7.15pm UK time) but it is thought it could take place earlier. The 76-year-old will appear at the Manhattan court at 6.30am local time (11.30am UK time) on Tuesday. Donald Trump is set to appear at a court in Manhattan for his arraignment over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress before the 2016 election. [Trump](https://news.sky.com/topic/donald-trump-5711), the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed this morning.

Former US President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower after his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star ...

Trump spent the night at his New York residence known as Trump Tower and will later make his way downtown to the Manhattan courthouse where he will be arraigned, fingerprinted and likely photographed. A grand jury weighing the evidence presented by prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office voted to charge him last week, making the native New Yorker the first former President in US history to face a criminal indictment. Former US President Donald Trump will make his first court appearance today where he’s expected to plead not guilty to more than two dozen charges related to hush money payments during his successful run for the White House in 2016.

Former president expected to enter 'not guilty' plea as he makes first appearance in hush-money case.

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Former US president Donald Trump is due to appear at a Manhattan court on Tuesday for his in-person arraignment on charges related to.

To Subscribe to Sunday World, [click here](https://subs.arena.africa/#!/offer/411?utm_source=promo411&utm_medium=Circ) [For more business news from Sunday World, click here. “But, the source said, Trump will not be put in handcuffs, placed in a jail cell or subjected to a mug shot, typical procedures even for white-collar defendants until a judge has weighed in on pre-trial conditions. “Donald Trump will be placed under arrest on Tuesday and informed that he has been charged with 34 felony counts for falsification of business records, according to a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of the former president,” said Isikoff The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has been consulting with the Secret Service and court officials, concluded that there is no need to subject Trump to these typical procedures for white-collar defendants. However, the former president will not be handcuffed, placed in a jail cell, or subjected to a mugshot until a judge has weighed in on pre-trial conditions.

The former president claims he is the victim of 'political persecution' but is using the case to boost support for his bid to reclaim the White House.

Trump is facing a series of separate criminal investigations at the state and federal level that could result in further — more serious — charges between now and election day. Trump is expected to leave his skyscraper on Fifth Avenue late morning to make the short trip to the Manhattan court complex where he will surrender to authorities. Amid tight security in Manhattan and a global media frenzy, Trump will learn at his arraignment precisely what charges he faces over hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election that brought him to power.

Donald Trump will officially become the first former president to face criminal charges Tuesday when he's arraigned in a New York courtroom -- an appearance ...

Trump will be taken through back hallways and elevators to the courthouse, which is in the same building as the district attorney’s office. His arrest will be processed in the district attorney’s office, where he will be fingerprinted. He stayed overnight in Trump Tower, and will head 4 miles south to the courthouse in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. Trump will be accompanied throughout the day by the Secret Service. And a [Fulton County special grand jury ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/georgia-racketeering-conspiracy-trump-willis/index.html)has completed its investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. The investigation stemmed from a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump, first US president to face criminal prosecution, will hear the charges against him at a hearing in New York City.

For one thing, some legal experts view the Manhattan case skeptically. The closest analogy to it may be the 2012 trial of John Edwards, the former Democratic ...

[claimed their fifth national title](https://theathletic.com/4378834/2023/04/03/uconn-san-diego-state-national-championship-takeaways/) with a 76-59 drubbing of upstart San Diego State. [About 15 million Americans](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/us/politics/medicaid-enrollment-pandemic.html)could soon lose their health insurance because of the expiration of a pandemic program that automatically extended Medicaid coverage. [will escort Trump from his home in Trump Tower](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/nyregion/adams-trump-nyc.html)to the district attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan, where he will surrender. [similarly questionable](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/opinion/republican-nomination-trump-indictment.html). [about five percentage points worse](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/upshot/trump-effect-midterm-election.html) than otherwise similar Republicans, my colleague Nate Cohn estimates. Smith is overseeing this inquiry as well, and the timing of a resolution remains unknown. Clinton also lied about an affair while he was president — under oath, no less — but many Americans nonetheless believed he [should remain in the job](https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/21/us/impeachment-polls-public-support-for-president-for-closure-emerges-unshaken.html). There is a great deal of uncertainty about Trump’s legal problems and the 2024 election. Over the past few years, a small — but crucial — slice of voters who are otherwise sympathetic to the Republican Party have indicated that they are uncomfortable with Trump’s attacks on democracy. Even if he is, though, the charges do not seem likely to change many voters’ views of Trump. The closest analogy to it may be the 2012 trial of John Edwards, the former Democratic presidential candidate, who was accused of violating campaign-finance law by hiding payments to cover up an extramarital affair. Further down, you can read about the latest developments and what to expect today.

Al Jazeera speaks to New Yorkers as the former US president returns to his hometown to appear in court.

I feel very secure [due to the police presence]. I wouldn’t want any New Yorker to hurt him.” I wanted to see all those scary protesters. I had to move and stuff because people found out I liked Trump. I mean, I think it’s political. I will be here tomorrow morning. Today, I’m waiting in line from 4pm until 7am for a news station for them to be able to get inside of the courtroom for the proceeding. “I came here, I fed my homeless people over there at Columbus Park, and I came here today to let them know that there is no man, there’s no woman on the face of this earth above the law. New York City’s 35,000-strong police force – which is coordinating security measures in conjunction with court police, the FBI and Secret Service – have been ordered to be in uniform and ready for deployment. I’m afraid to take my mask off in public now because I don’t want people knowing my address. I want him to vindicate his name. I was a Democrat for years and years, and in 2018, I left the Democratic Party because I saw that the narrative from the media – I always believed that TV was bad because it’s television – they’re telling me a vision.

For the first time, a former US president has been indicted, and two scholars describe what it means for democracy – and for them.

Republican to be booked, fingerprinted and arraigned as part of the first criminal case against a former US president.

Former president will answer criminal charges related to alleged hush money scheme in Manhattan.

Once the arraignment comes to a close, Trump will almost certainly be released and allowed to return to Florida. Even though the trial is probably still months away, Trump is already planning for a guilty verdict. Once Trump enters a plea, the judge will set a schedule for next steps in the pre-trial process. Tacopina has said he does not expect officers to put Trump in handcuffs, but the former president is likely to be fingerprinted and get his mugshot taken once he surrenders. The New York Young Republican Club has already announced it will hold a rally at a park near the courthouse to protest against Bragg’s “heinous attack” on Trump. On Monday, the former president and current presidential candidate traveled from his Florida home of Mar-a-Lago to New York, where he spent the night at Trump Tower.

An extraordinary moment in U.S. history is soon unfolding in a New York City courthouse.

The public fascination with the case was evident Monday as national television carried live images of Trump’s motorcade from his Mar-a-Lago club to a private, red, white and blue Boeing 757 stenciled with his name. The former president and his aides are embracing the media circus. Those investigations concern efforts to undo the 2020 election results as well as the possible mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. There were signs both supporting and decrying the former president stuck to posts, one urging passers-by to donate to help fund Trump’s presidential library and another showing a shouting Trump behind bars. Still, they asked the judge in a Monday filing to ban photo and video coverage of the arraignment. This is when Trump and his defense lawyers will get their first glimpse of the precise allegations against him. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Trump’s staunchest supporters in Congress, who is organizing a rally Tuesday at a park across from the courthouse: “While you’re in town, be on your best behavior,” Adams said. Capitol in a failed bid to halt the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s win. we’ll get through this and win the election.” At least 500 prominent supporters have been invited, with some of the most pro-Trump congressional Republicans expected to attend. Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina said Tuesday that Trump wouldn’t plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. history is set to soon unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.

People have begun gathering for a rally for Donald Trump in a park outside the courthouse where the former president is scheduled to be arraigned.

He called the decision by a grand jury to indict him “political persecution and election interference at the highest level.” He called that result a “strong demarcation line” for proceeding with other parts of the probe. “I don’t think this case is going to see a juror,” he said. He demurred Tuesday when asked if he hopes Trump will continue to back him in return for the show of support. That sparked a public protest by two prosecutors who were leading the investigation and resigned. And it makes, it cheapens the judicial system, and it’s not good for America.”

With Sarah Smith, Kayla Epstein, and Gary O'Donoghue at the New York courthouse, Madeline Halpert at Trump Tower, Barbara Plett-Usher at Mar-a-Lago, ...

George Santos, the besieged Republican congressman facing multiple investigations into lies he told while running for office, has joined the growing crowd ...

He is being arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on criminal charges said to be related to hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ...

Inside, he sat in front of the judge, surrounded by his legal team. He then was seen walking into the courtroom. During the drive, he posted on his social media website: "Seems so SURREAL -- WOW, they are going to ARREST ME".

Former US president Donald Trump is to be formally charged in a criminal matter.

Trump, 76, is the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges. Daniels, 44, is an author, director and media personality. Donald Trump's is set to be arraigned any moment now. Instead of $130,000 that Trump allegedly spent to keep Daniels quiet, patrons could fork out $13 for the drink. Trump was briefly seen walking out of the room where he was processed. He will now hear the indictment read against him. He has reportedly pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. It now looks as if he will only speak once back at his Mar-a-Lago resort, in the early morning hours South African time. “Manhattan is home to the country’s most significant business market. In a third instance – 12 days before the presidential general election – the Special Counsel wired $130 000 to an attorney for an adult film actress. 11h ago "I never thought anything like this could happen in America," Trump told supporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, ...

That’s in part because some of the courthouse was cleared out for his arraignment and because Trump is a former president with Secret Service protection. His lawyers asked for him to be excused from attending the hearing in person because of the extraordinary security measures. He told the judge he was pleading “not guilty” to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and he was advised of his rights. But for Trump, it didn’t look like what it does in the movies or on TV’s “Law & Order.” They specifically pointed to posts Trump made that warned of “potential death and destruction” if he were to be indicted. They were expected to have taken Trump’s fingerprints but were not believed to have taken a mug shot.