Trump’s lawyers argued against allowing cameras in the courtroom on Tuesday. In a letter to the court on Monday, they said such coverage would “exacerbate an already almost circus-like atmosphere around this case.”
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Former President Donald Trump is already in custody inside New York State Court, where he arrived around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to face a criminal charge against him.
Trump left his residence in midtown Manhattan accompanied by a security motorcade. Arriving at the courthouse, he got out of his car and waved to the public before walking down the street toward the building’s entrance accompanied by his Secret Service escort.
It is anticipated that Trump will be fingerprinted as part of the process and will then be brought before a judge in court where the charges he faces will be read. Authorities reported that, in deference to his position as former president, he is unlikely to be handcuffed or paraded in front of photographers on the so-called “perpetrators’ walk.”
The former president traveled Monday from his home in Florida to New York City.
Trump’s lawyers say he will plead not guilty to charges related to a $130,000 payment to a porn actress, just before his victory in the 2016 presidential election, to silence her about her claim of an alleged date with him a decade earlier. . Trump has long denied the claim.
Also, his legal team was against allowing cameras in the courtroom on Tuesday. In a letter to the court on Monday, they said such coverage would “exacerbate an already almost circus-like atmosphere around this case.”
Officials familiar with the indictment say a grand jury last week indicted the 76-year-old former president on more than 30 counts of criminal wrongdoing. The indictment remains sealed, and the exact charges, and possibly supporting evidence, could remain secret until the indictment is released publicly at Trump’s arraignment Tuesday before Judge Juan Manuel Merchan in Manhattan District Court. .
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When booked, Trump will likely be fingerprinted like any criminal defendant and a mug shot. But authorities say that, in deference to his position as former president, he is unlikely to be handcuffed or paraded in front of photographers on the so-called “perpetrators’ walk.”
Dozens of police officers have gathered near Trump Tower and the courthouse, while Trump’s Secret Service has mapped their movements to Merchan’s courtroom. The White House declined to discuss security arrangements, but said the government is “always prepared” for whatever may occur.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has warned that “rioters” who come to the city to protest had better behave themselves. “Our message is clear and simple: Get control of yourselves. New York City is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger,” he said.
Asked if he thought there would be riots in the city, President Joe Biden, who was touring a factory in Minnesota, replied: “No, I have faith in the New York Police Department.”
Barricades have been erected to restrict traffic near the courthouse, but Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump ally, and the New York Young Republican Club say they are planning a “peaceful protest” against Bragg across the street from the courthouse. this Tuesday afternoon.
Trump has criticized Bragg on social media for what he says is a political “witch hunt” against him. Trump has claimed the judge “hates” him after Merchan, in a separate case earlier this year, fined subsidiaries of The Trump Organization $1.6 million over a tax fraud scheme.
After the procedure, Trump, who is trying to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and win back the White House, plans to fly back to Florida, where he will make remarks Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago estate and meet with his followers.
Since his impeachment last Thursday, the Trump campaign said it has raised $5 million and logged more than 16,000 volunteer signups, which campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said were “key indicators that Americans everywhere the origins are sick and tired of the militarization of the justice system against President Trump and his supporters.”
Prior to the impeachment, Trump led national polls among Republican voters in his pick for the party’s presidential nomination.
The former president also faces other criminal investigations. They include federal investigations into his efforts to overturn his 2020 re-election loss to Biden, including his role encouraging supporters to try to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory on January 6, 2021, and his withholding of classified documents. in Mar-a-Lago. He was asked to turn the material over to the National Archives when he left office.
Meanwhile, in a more limited case, a prosecutor in the southern state of Georgia is investigating Trump’s efforts there to reverse Biden’s victory when Trump asked election officials to “find” enough votes to claim his own win.
While details of the New York hush money case remain undisclosed, the outcome of any trial could hinge on the intent behind the payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
Michael Cohen, a former lawyer and longtime Trump political ombudsman, used his own money to make the payment just before the November 2016 election and was later repaid by Trump in installments. Trump listed the payments on his corporate ledger as a business expense for Cohen’s legal fees.
On Sunday, Trump’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, told CNN that the payment to Daniels was a “personal expense, not a campaign expense.” The Wall Street Journal first reported the payment in early 2018.
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