Arraignment

President Donald Trump is expected to face charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments on Tuesday. Follow here for updates.

Donald Trump, the first current or former president in US history to face criminal charges, will be arraigned Tuesday after being indicted last week by a ...

Reports that indicate or imply that those Presidential records were in the possession of the former Presidents or their representatives, after they left office, or that the records were housed in substandard conditions, are false and misleading." This Trump claim is an example of how the former president tends to increase his exaggerated figures over time. Facts First: This is false, as the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) itself pointed out in a statement last year; there is no evidence that previous presidents did anything like what Trump did after the Presidential Records Act took effect in 1981 (beginning with the Reagan administration). Bush's records, as well of those of President Bill Clinton, "when those presidents left office." Soros did not make any donations to Bragg's 2021 election campaign, and a Soros spokesperson, Michael Vachon, told CNN that the two men have never once communicated in any way; there is no evidence that Soros had any role in Bragg's decision to prosecute Trump. Vachon told CNN: "Between 2016 and 2022, George Soros personally and Democracy PAC (a PAC to which Mr.

Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse where he is expected to plead not guilty to criminal charges. He entered the courthouse ...

He called the decision by a grand jury to indict him “political persecution and election interference at the highest level.” “I don’t think this case is going to see a juror,” he said. He called that result a “strong demarcation line” for proceeding with other parts of the probe. That sparked a public protest by two prosecutors who were leading the investigation and resigned. He demurred Tuesday when asked if he hopes Trump will continue to back him in return for the show of support. The mood among Trump supporters, though, was positive, Sabatini said. He entered the courthouse surrounded by Secret Service agents. “But this is not a focus for him today.” His legal team surrounded him, two seated on each side of the former president. Trump’s lawyers asked for him to be excused from attending the hearing in person because of extraordinary security precautions. Bragg, who took office in 2022 and initially slowed the office’s move toward indicting Trump, said additional evidence not available to his predecessor led to moving forward now. The former president pleaded not guilty.

Press outside the courthouse before Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan district attorney's office. Across the street from the criminal ...

[Marjorie Taylor Greene would be leading a rally](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-protests-indictment-trump-new-york-00090352) by the courthouse later Tuesday morning, and did not anticipate violence on the scale of Jan. “It’s never happened before, I think it’s a pretty important moment in history so I’m just looking to be a part of it.” “I feel that he is standing up for American people and our freedoms and the people are persecuting him because they do not stand up for the American people.” Despite calls from the former president to protest the indictment, turnout so far has been small. “We drove in from Long Island at like one in the morning,” said Ethan Reed, 19. For Trump, the accommodations of the district attorney’s office, a drab government facility, are likely to be much less comfortable than his typical surroundings.

A small park built on a site that was once a swampy, sewage-filled pond was ground zero for the frenzy surrounding former President Donald Trump's expected ...

In the late 1700s, Collect Pond Park was the site of a small body of water that had become an open sewer as the city grew. Some reporters had begun lining up for a seat in the courtroom on Monday afternoon, and stayed there all night or paid others to hold their place. A different sort of tension ran high around the courthouse and park Tuesday as news media jostled for position. Kyle Heath, 37, from Carmel, Indiana, was in the city for a family vacation that had been planned for some time. At one point, a tour guide led a group of tourists through the area. Police quickly diffused the scene. “I’m not here for the cameras,” he insisted to reporters. “In Indiana, we don’t have this much excitement.” The crowd was small, by the standards of New York City protests, which routinely draw thousands. But she drew cheers from the pro-Trump contingent before making a fast exit as journalists jostled for position around her. Metal barricades separated Trump supporters from anti-Trump protesters, and police stepped in to break up small skirmishes. history to face criminal charges.

Steel barriers lined streets near the courthouse, roads were closed, and traffic was diverted across a swath of Manhattan on Tuesday. Live updates.

The heavy police presence is designed to prevent a repeat of the Jan. Tacopina also said he doubts the case will ever make it to a jury and that there will be no guilty plea. 6, 2021, riot in Washington, after Trump urged thousands of supporters to stop President-elect Joe Biden from taking office.] [Adams acknowledged that there may be "rabble rousers" taking to the streets, but added that "our message is clear and simple. Kidd, a university administrator, said he is from a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains where he was "taught right from wrong." "He’s a criminal, he’s a traitor, he’s disgraced and he’s disgraceful." Santos said he didn’t plan to go inside the courthouse but came to “support the president.” Outside Trump Tower before he departed for the arraignment, a limousine disguised to look like a U.S. She dismissed the prosecution as politically motivated but said the Republican Party was obsessed with Trump and failed to see him as fallible. A Trump impersonator leaned out the window and railed against political “persecution.” [Demonstrators find different ways to express their views, pro and against Trump] [Hundreds of demonstrators and members of the press remained in a park outside the courthouse long after Trump's arrival, which many missed. Wearing a dark suit and red tie, Trump waved to the crowd as helicopters whirred above before he stepped inside. Later, Trump was seen on camera somberly entering a courtroom to hear the charges against him.

Hundreds of people gathered in Lower Manhattan Tuesday for dueling protests during the historic arraignment of former President Donald Trump​.

"This is a massive unprecedented change of direction for our country and we should have protests," said Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republicans Club. And I believe Trump and the people who support him want autocracy," Robinson said. Police set up barricades to separate the two opposing sides, which mostly worked, except for when some protesters ventured offsides. The same way they apologized for being in segregationist pictures, in pictures where they were trying to prevent people from being their true selves. "I'm here to protest and give my voice and take a stand. "I'm waiting for a few years from now when people are going to explain why they were so proud to be in MAGA costume, MAGA regalia.

A Trump supporter fell to the ground amid a scuffle outside the New York City court where former President Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

[DONALD TRUMP CASHING IN ON INDICTMENT AS NEWS PAYS OFF FOR HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: 'WITCH HUNT'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/donald-trump-cashing-indictment-news-pays-off-2024-presidential-campaign-witch-hunt) [MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT TRUMP INDICTMENT BUT THINK POLITICS PLAYED ROLE IN BRAGG'S DECISION: CNN POLL](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/most-americans-support-trump-indictment-think-politics-played-role-poll) [Trump was indicted](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump) by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday as part of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's years-long investigation into his alleged hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. And Trump said Tuesday that his case should be moved to nearby Staten Island, New York, which has a larger demographic of Republican voters compared to Manhattan. Those payments had been investigated by the U.S. Hush-money payments made to both McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018. She then fell onto the ground and laid on the flag before she was confronted by protesters wearing shirts calling for the

Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This is the lay of the land for the ...

[Follow the live blog for the blow-by-blow of the historic da](https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-arraignment-arrest-new-york)y [Even if Trump gets a mug shot, we may not see it. [plenty to say](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/1167665444/conservative-coverage-of-trump-indictment-goes-apocalyptic) about the significance of a former U.S. There are three entities conducting four investigations — this one in New York, two by the federal government, one in Georgia related to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [Speaking to Morning Edition](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167881002/former-president-donald-trump-will-surrender-to-face-criminal-charges), NPR's senior political correspondent Domenico Montanaro has some analysis on the politics of it all: president [facing criminal ](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1164985436/trump-criminal-investigations)charges. president, a famed businessman, and someone currently facing trial for criminal charges (you know the story by now).

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York ...

The event is being billed as an “Emergency Noise Demonstration” that will drown out Greene’s protest. An NYPD police cruiser led him down the street as a black SUV covered the rear. Santos chatted with a few protesters before disappearing into the crowd. “Every day there’s something happening on the streets of New York City and he’s (either) A, lowering charges or B, just letting them off.” “One of the things I’ve learned is that Trump supporters and the religious right and the Proud Boys don’t believe in statistics, they don’t believe in polls,” said Karen Irwin, a Hell’s Kitchen resident on the anti-Trump side who was waving a large anti-Trump flag. “She was someone that incited the violence that took place at the Capitol on Jan. The Associated Press reported late Friday that Trump faces a number of charges involving falsifying business records. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” Bragg said afterward in a statement. The indictment of Donald Trump was unsealed on Tuesday. almost 30 hours after he departed PBIA for the trip to New York for his first appearance in court after last week’s indictment by a Manhattan grand jury. Trump, in his trademark blue suit, white shirt and red tie, remained uncharacteristically quiet inside the courtroom and out, uttering just two words. Trump entered the plea Tuesday in New York during an unprecedented and extraordinary court proceeding.

Lawmakers and political leaders are reacting to Tuesday's historic arraignment of and unveiled indictment against former President Donald Trump, ...

“This is not something that is a focus for him," Jean-Pierre said, referring to Trump. “The American voters will ultimately render their own judgment on the former President’s political future.” This is the city focused on hard work and love for all people,” said Bowman, a former middle school principal. But this is not his focus for today," Jean-Pierre said. He hadn't been present on Capitol Hill to be peppered with questions about the looming indictment because he was in his home state of Kentucky recovering from a fall. "We will never accept hateful rhetoric in our city. Earlier in the day, Democratic Rep. Swarmed by an outsized number of press and some protesters in New York City, Georgia Rep. Justice benefits all of us,” Rep. Every American should take a stand. “I am here to protest and use my voice and take a stand. As the trial proceeds, protest is an American right but all protests must be peaceful,” Schumer said.

Former President Donald Trump, center, at criminal court in New York on Tuesday. Trump, the first former U.S. president to be indicted, pleaded not guilty when ...

About a dozen or so of the former president’s supporters began to chant, “Lock up Bragg!” referring to Manhattan Dist. “They wouldn’t bring the charges if they didn’t have the evidence,” Fisher, 63, who lives in Manhattan and is retired, said. He was critical of the indictment and said he would be, even if it Trump were a Democrat. Here’s a guide to the latest developments. Two counterprotesters wearing “Arrest Trump” sweatshirts were involved in the fracas. He criticized the indictment against Trump, saying there’s “real crime” happening in his neighborhood. One side cheered to “lock him up,” echoing the similar cheers that Trump once led at his own rallies of his political opponents. Anti-Trump protesters at one point rolled out a huge banner that read, “Trump Lies All The Time,” prompting a scuffle between opposing sides. Trump supporters and critics filled a park across the street from the courthouse, in a gathering that was mostly peaceful but included a few, brief scuffles and face-offs between protesters. The former president has been accused of hiding his reimbursement to Cohen by funneling it through his business and recording the payments as legal services. The former president then walked into the courthouse to be fingerprinted and processed for arrest. The indictment will be unsealed Tuesday, revealing the exact charges a New York grand jury voted to bring against Trump.

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports. The charges stem ...

He called the decision by a grand jury to indict him “political persecution and election interference at the highest level.” “I don’t think this case is going to see a juror,” he said. He called that result a “strong demarcation line” for proceeding with other parts of the probe. He demurred Tuesday when asked if he hopes Trump will continue to back him in return for the show of support. The mood among Trump supporters, though, was positive, Sabatini said. He entered the courthouse surrounded by Secret Service agents. “But this is not a focus for him today.” His legal team surrounded him, two seated on each side of the former president. Trump’s lawyers asked for him to be excused from attending the hearing in person because of extraordinary security precautions. Bragg, who took office in 2022 and initially slowed the office’s move toward indicting Trump, said additional evidence not available to his predecessor led to moving forward now. The former president pleaded not guilty. Trump was expected to speak there in a campaign-like setting.

The man hit hardest by the arrest and arraignment of Donald Trump, I was told outside the Manhattan district attorney's office, was not the former president ...

(Of course, the chances of that scenario actually playing out were slim to none.) “For the sake of the office,” he urged, Trump should drop out and take his “sideshow” with him. “You send your henchmen down here to commit assault against people by making loud noises,” [she said](https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1643267369840652290) of Adams, before [accusing](https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1643297598340730880) Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney prosecuting the Trump case, of conspiring to interfere in the 2024 presidential election. “And I think it’s only going to get higher over time because this is going to energize the base,” he said. Despite its extraordinary rallying point, the protest was largely uneventful, thanks in large part to the scores of uniformed police who split the park into two opposing pens: the south side for Trump supporters and the north for counter-protesters. “And DeSantis is tanking—you can see his supporters growing more hysterical by the day.”

The scene outside Donald Trump's arraignment in lower Manhattan on Tuesday was exactly as clownish as many had imagined it would be.

There was a [guy on rollerblades](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1643264964876967939) spinning — admittedly, rather impressively — a basketball on a flag, and another man who had held a [sign](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1643256430860939265) that read, “My pronouns are NOT/GUILTY.” Even New York City’s famed [Naked Cowboy](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1643306078967324702) came down from his usual spot in Times Square to bask in some of the free-flowing media attention. However, it was almost impossible to hear anything she was saying over the sounds of whistles, boos, and chants of “USA!” A dog could be seen lying down sleepily in the springtime sunshine. “We’re trying to keep the peace,” one NYPD officer said. New York police officers were out in force, and several blocks around the courthouse were closed to traffic as Trump spent a little over two hours inside. “George, you should have shown up in drag!” one person yelled. They accused each other of loving or hating the US, and of blindly following liars in left- or right-wing media. There were chants about President Joe Biden’s “crackhead son” or how “ Marjorie Taylor Greene arrived and was totally enveloped by media and protesters. A swirling sea of protesters, police, pundits, and at least two politicians turned out to bear witness to, or to denounce, the historic event. A little over an hour later, Rep. “I’m just so happy.

The former president's court hearing lasted 57 minutes. ... Former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts in federal court Tuesday.

If there were a verdict and that verdict were to be guilty, we would be able to take that verdict without you. And most importantly, what has to happen here is I have to be in possession of information that is significantly harmful to the person in the matter. I think in the interest of transparency and assuring the rules of law evenhandedly, at this time I'm going to deny your application. JUDGE MERCHAN: A second way you can lose your right or waive your right is to become disruptive, and I do not have any reason to believe that will happen. You have the right to be present at every stage of the proceedings in your case. To the extent we do believe we need to file a motion in advance of that, we will alert the People and Court, and obviously your Honor can guide us. But if the Court would like to, we say at least six weeks after discovery has been concluded, and for other potential motions that we will reach out to the Court about, we would ask to have a month to file those motions or to at least inform the Court of what motions we intend to file. So, motions -- and we will communicate with the People and with the Court as we land on the specifics of which motions and the timing, but some of the motions potentially dismissing the indictment after we had a chance to review discovery. First, we are filing with the Court and handing to counsel, copies of the indictment and a statement of facts. said the review by the defendant would have to be in the attorney's office. Judge, I'm also handing over to counsel a copy of the fingerprint report, and I would note for the record that the indictment was actually unsealed at 1:30 today and given to counsel for the defendant so they could review that in advance of this appearance. But now that I have made the request, if I were to be handed something like this again in the future, I have to take a closer look at it.

CNN branded its coverage with an ominous title at the bottom of the screen: “The Arrest and Arraignment of Donald Trump.” In a fragmented and partisan media ...

They will send a tweet and make a statement but they do not want to get too close to a situation that is volatile.” “Where are the other Senate and House members?” asked Robert Costa, Washington correspondent for CBS News. And you’ve got towers, and you’ve got windows.” [Newsmax,](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-02-15/iwhy-directv-dropped-newsmax-trump-television-news) the conservative network that has been a fervid Trump supporter, dialed down the rhetoric during the arraignment, using more politically agnostic anchor Greta Van Susteren for legal analysis. [Bret Baier](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ct-fox-baier-debate-20150809-story.html), Martha MacCallum and a team of legal experts who were joined by Bill Barr, the former attorney general in the Trump administration. The other half tends to view this as an indictment of the criminal law system, that this is the weaponization of our legal system and this is only going to deepen that divide ... “There’s no underestimating the significance of what he’s been through,” said MacCallum. The most bizarre television moment Tuesday was provided by Rep. “A former president brought here to Manhattan to be criminally indicted.” He’s done nothing wrong.” “There is a reluctance for so many of them to get there in the arena with Trump in a time of trouble. Half of this country views it as a president who is being taken to answer for alleged crimes. “I just can’t believe it’s happening, but I’ll always support him.

Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records before flying to Florida to address his supporters.

Prosecutors said Trump made a series of social media posts, including one threatening “death and destruction” if he was charged. And it’s not going to slow him down. And it’s not going to stop him. At one point, the judge put his hand to his ear as if to prompt an answer. Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, the first sitting or former US president to face criminal charges, of trying to conceal a violation of election laws during his successful 2016 campaign. “We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.