Donald Trump, the ex-president and Republican favorite for 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday to be formally charged, fingerprinted, and mugshot.
This week, Trump became the first sitting or former president arrested for a 2016 hush payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. But, of course, he’s innocent and will plead not guilty.
Trump will turn himself in on Tuesday amid tight security amid protests for and against a president who has enraged liberals and some global allies but is adored by many white blue-collar and conservative Christian supporters.
“Make America Great Again!” After landing in New York from Florida on Monday, Trump asked fans to give on Truth Social.
On Tuesday, Trump was scheduled to be arraigned at 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT).
Trump’s attorneys said video, photography, and radio coverage would “exacerbate an already nearly circus-like environment around this case,” detracting from dignity and decorum.
Late Monday, Judge Juan Merchan authorized five photographers to snap images before the arraignment in the building’s halls for several minutes.
Democrat District Attorney Alvin Bragg oversaw the investigation and will hold a press conference in the afternoon.
His administration said Trump would return to Florida and speak from Mar-a-Lago at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday (0015 GMT on Wednesday).
Tuesday will reveal the grand jury’s charges. Trump and his supporters call the claims political.
Trump was charged with 34 felonies for falsifying company documents by Yahoo News late Monday. Yahoo reported that none of Trump’s accusations were misdemeanors.
The case’s impact on Republicans’ pick for the November 2024 presidential election and Americans’ vote might have major repercussions in the world’s most powerful nation and beyond.
Now, Desantis and former vice president Mike Pence have vocally supported Trump.
Trump battled with allies on trade and military as a president from 2017 to 2021, and a return to the White Office might diminish U.S. support for Ukraine.
In 2018, Trump denied knowing about the Daniels payoff in Manhattan.
He later reimbursed Cohen for the “simple private transaction.”
Cohen was sentenced to three years in jail for coordinating the Daniels and McDougal payments in 2018. Trump ordered him to pay.
Trump’s Manhattan grand jury heard Cohen on March 13.
“I determined that I was not going to allow history to regard me as the villain to his tale,” he told reporters after Trump’s indictment.
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