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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.

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.

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.

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York late Monday afternoon ahead of his court appearance in Manhattan the following day.

It will be a return to the normal schedule for the former president, which has included evening dinners with family and associates, as well as golfing at his nearby clubs. He’ll give a speech in mid-April at the National Rifle Association conference in Indianapolis, but there are no other major events on his calendar. The former president’s motorcade arrived at Trump Tower, in Midtown, shortly after. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office “Have you looked at your 401K?” asked Vito Dichiara. The former president will stay the night in his penthouse at Trump Tower before heading to the courthouse on Tuesday morning, according to

Former President Donald Trump's court appearance Tuesday will kick off an intense legal battle as the 2024 Republican presidential candidate also fights for ...

Edwards had argued that the payments were a personal matter — intended to keep an affair secret from his wife — and had nothing to do with the election. Already, the charges have been a boon to his fundraising. Former Vice President Mike Pence called the indictment “an outrage” and “nothing more than a political prosecution.” Former South Carolina Gov. The judge will tell Trump the charges against him and advise him of his right to go to trial and other things. Trump is expected to walk out of the courtroom because the charges against him don’t require that bail be set in New York. Proceedings are closed to the public, including the media. Federal prosecutors say the payments amounted to illegal, unreported assistance to Trump’s campaign. But in New York, the clock can stop on the statute of limitations when a potential defendant is continuously outside the state. Trump may also argue that the statute of limitations has passed. Trump will no doubt try to fight the case on multiple fronts. But he says it had nothing to do with the campaign. The indictment against Trump remains sealed, as is standard in New York before an arraignment.

The former president plans to spend the night in Trump Tower in Midtown before surrendering himself at the lower Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, where he will ...

Trump announced his 2024 presidential bid in November 2022, unusually early for the cycle and only a week after the midterm elections when Trump-affiliated candidates suffered a series of bruising losses. “He waits until President Trump essentially declares for the presidency, now we’re a few months before the debates and less than a year before the Iowa caucuses,” Garrett Ventry, a Republican strategist, tells TIME. “He can take that pulpit, that podium, and point out the fact that we are all victims of a government that has targeted each of us because we attend the wrong rallies, like the wrong tweets, go to the wrong movies.” [conducted](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-indictment-poll-surges-lead-desantis-151150006.html) March 30 and 31 found Trump with a 26-point lead in a hypothetical match-up against Florida Gov. “The fears and concerns of a weaponized government are now personified in Donald Trump,” says Gidley, Trump’s former White House spokesman. Once he enters the doors, he will be under the domain of New York authorities and the court, according to Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the U.S. But he says Trump later reimbursed him for those payments in a series of disbursements and then filed them as legal fees to cover up what amounted to a campaign expenditure. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who’s leading a “Rally for Trump” organized by the New York Young Republican Club starting at 10:30 a.m. The case centers on Trump’s alleged role in making hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to stop her from going public with an affair she says they had. It’s unclear if Trump will be photographed walking into the courthouse—a classic perp-walk moment—or will instead be taken in through a private entrance. The former president plans to spend the night in Trump Tower in Midtown before surrendering himself at the lower Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, where he will be arraigned and forced to provide fingerprints and pose for a mug shot. Trump’s legal team spent the weekend negotiating the details of how and when Trump would turn himself in.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating a $130,000 (£105,000) payment made by Mr Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy ...

Ms Daniels was threatening to cancel her previous nondisclosure agreement to keep the alleged affair a secret, according to Sources close to the case have told US media that they believe at least one of the charges against Mr Trump could be a felony. Ms McDougal has claimed she had a relationship with Mr Trump in 2006. The indictment is expected to set out what prosecutors believe Mr Trump has done, with some information as to how and when, and from that we will get a sense of the case they have built against him. This would mean prosecutors believe that Mr Trump tried to hide his payments to Ms Daniels because he didn't want voters to know they had an affair - the payments were allegedly made in the weeks before the 2016 election, and so it is possible they could be considered a part of his campaign. Prosecutors say this amounts to Mr Trump falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanour - a criminal offence - in New York, and we expect the charges to be related to that.

A former president of the United States will appear before a court in New York City on Tuesday to be arraigned on criminal charges — a first of its kind ...

If there is a gag order, it’s an open question to what degree Trump will talk. [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [See All](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) It is unclear whether Merchan will grant the request ahead of Trump’s arrival at the courthouse. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [Defense](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [See All](https://thehill.com) He’ll be asked how he wants to plead — and his attorney Joe Tacopina has already said his team plans for Trump A grand jury in New York A number of media outlets have requested that Judge Juan Merchan, who is set to preside over the case, allow a limited number of photographers, videographers and radio journalists inside the courtroom during the former president’s arraignment. For felony charges, a grand jury examines evidence and votes secretly on whether there’s sufficient evidence that a crime occurred. [will be handcuffed.](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3928509-trump-allies-are-confident-after-unprecedented-indictment/) [taking precautions](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3908469-barricades-unloaded-near-manhattan-criminal-court-ahead-of-possible-trump-indictment/) surrounding the indictment and arraignment. [expected to surrender](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3928772-trump-to-travel-to-new-york-monday-ahead-of-tuesday-arraignment/) to prosecutors in Manhattan on still-unknown charges. [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/)

Former President Donald J. Trump is preparing to walk into a Manhattan courtroom as both a defendant and a candidate, making final plans for his arrest on ...

Mr. Trump because Mr. Barr sharply criticized Mr. Bragg’s pursuit of Mr. And last week, Mr. As he heads into this consequential week, Mr. On Sunday, Mr. Tacopina and another of Mr. Barricades were set up near Mr. The planning reflects Mr. When he arrives in court, Mr. Weisselberg, was in 2021 — one of Mr.

New York Judge Juan Manuel Merchan has presided over criminal cases against former President Donald Trump's company, its former finance chief and one of ...

[saying that the company didn’t benefit](https://apnews.com/f04f83cc6e518df47619aa7b8de987cc) from Weisselberg’s scheme and that Trump and his family knew nothing about it. “You’re not the center of attention. Trump has a history of questioning judges’ legitimacy or impartiality in cases involving his business or administration. The defense sought a mistrial over the issue; Merchan said no. Under the deal, Weisselberg got a five-month jail sentence in exchange for agreeing to testify against the company. Three years later, Merchan was assigned to a trial court called the Supreme Court in New York. After the verdict, it emerged that Merchan had secretly held the company [secret sideline](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47971404) running a high-end Manhattan escort service. [arraignment](https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-new-york-florida-hush-money-election-764309dce49f81a50bf9f610ffd5ceb6) of a former U.S. The Colombian-born Merchan, 60, emigrated as a 6-year-old and grew up in New York City. As a judge, “you have to do it right. Trump will appear to answer [charges arising from a grand jury investigation](https://apnews.com/027d0e5ac1881a4c55c6379deae75faa) into payments made during his 2016 campaign to bury allegations that he had extramarital sexual encounters.

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.

Former President Donald Trump is flying from Florida toward New York for his historic booking and arraignment. As his arrival nears, the nation's largest ...

About the same time Trump was touching down in New York, Biden contrasted his economic agenda with The return to New York opened an unprecedented chapter in American history, with Trump the first former president to face criminal charges. In a Monday filing, Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing the case to ban photo and video coverage of his arraignment. “No, I have faith in the New York Police Department,” the president replied. Security in and around Trump Tower was tight. Following his court appearance, Trump plans to return to Mar-a-Lago for a press conference Tuesday evening. The former president also bolstered his legal team Monday, adding a third high-profile attorney, Todd Blanche. Cable networks followed his plane at airports in Florida and New York with video from the air, and a small group of senior campaign aides were joined aboard by his son Eric Trump, who eagerly posted photos of the wall-to-wall coverage from his seat. From the air, the procession conjured images of a current president on the move rather than a former one facing criminal charges. Upon arrival at New York’s LaGuardia airport, Trump stepped off his jet alone and directly into a waiting black SUV, with no one greeting him. [built a national profile](/article/trump-indictment-new-york-bb7f0a91c5510d4ca39e32c22be4d284) in business and entertainment but became deeply unpopular as he moved into politics. The nation’s largest city bolstered security and warned potential protesters it was “not a playground for your misplaced anger.”

But Department of Justice prosecutors told the D.C. Court on Thursday that the former president is not immune from the lawsuit, Law 360 reports. The big picture ...

[Former President Trump](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump) is seeking to dismiss [a lawsuit filed against him](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/06/trump-jan-6-brian-sicknick-lawsuit) and two others by Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of fallen U.S. - But Department of Justice prosecutors told the D.C. "That does not make it a tort for which President Trump is liable." 6, DOJ says](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/02/trump-jan6-riots-lawsuit-damages-doj) [looming arrest](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/trump-arrest-indictment-new-york) this week is just one of [several legal challenges](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/20/trump-legal-peril-indictment-new-york) the leading [2024 Republican presidential candidate](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/27/republican-presidential-candidates-ideology-lanes-2024-election) is facing. Capitol Police officer [Brian Sicknick](https://www.axios.com/2021/01/30/capitol-police-officer-sicknick-lie-honor), per [Law 360](https://www.law360.com/articles/1581587)

US Mayor Eric Adams tells protesters to 'control yourselves' in the lead-up to Donald Trump's criminal court appearance.

He clutched a sign of Trump in a prison jumpsuit adorned with the message, “Lock him up.” A lot of people come in here, a lot of foreigners. “I don’t know if the presence of Trump here is going to be good or bad. Already, on Monday, a handful of NYPD buses were parked across the street from Trump Tower. “They probably conferred with the Capitol Police — what they did wrong, how did it fail, how we’re probably going to learn from that. “I don’t think it’s going to be that much of a challenge for us,” Alcazar told Al Jazeera. We still are waiting to see what happens in a few days.” Another protester raised their middle finger to the skyscraper as they passed. Regularly, Mondays are a quiet day and today we’re having a lot of orders. “New York City is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger.” We’re not going to let people storm the courthouse.” Reporters swarmed the sidewalks.

El avión que lleva al expresidente Donald Trump despega del Aeropuerto Internacional de Palm Beach en Florida, el 3 de abril de 2023. (Rebecca Blackwell / ...

La Trump Tower estaba abierta el lunes, pero las autoridades planeaban cerrar las calles aledañas para los momentos en que Trump entrara o saliera, además de otras medidas de seguridad. Hasta el momento, las autoridades no han percibido un ingreso masivo de personas a la ciudad, como sí ocurrió en Washington poco antes del asalto al Capitolio ocurrido el 6 de enero de 2021. Trump y sus simpatizantes consideran que el caso en su contra, basado en pagos a personas para asegurar su silencio durante la campaña electoral de 2016, tiene fines políticos.

La esperada comparecencia del expresidente Donald Trump en Nueva York este martes dio lugar a un modesto estallido de amenazas en línea con llamados a la ...

Esto se debe en parte a la falsa noción de que muchos partidarios de Trump creen que el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio de EE.UU. “¿Me preocupan los ataques dirigidos contra el fiscal de distrito de Manhattan, los miembros del Partido Demócrata, los llamados RINO o cualquier número de personas o entidades con las que Trump ha tratado de engañar a sus seguidores? Un usuario en un foro a favor de Trump reaccionó al impulso de Bragg para acusar a Trump: “Hubo alguna vez en que lo habrían linchado por mucho menos”. Durante el fin de semana hubo un puñado de manifestaciones de partidarios de Trump en protesta por la acusación en lugares como Carolina del Sur y California. Funcionarios del FBI y del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional intentan lograr un equilibrio entre mantenerse alerta ante cualquier amenaza emergente y no darle demasiada importancia a las conversaciones en línea y compartir falsas alarmas con funcionarios estatales y locales. (CNN) -- La esperada comparecencia del expresidente Donald Trump ante una corte de Nueva York este martes ha generado un estallido modesto de amenazas en internet que hacen llamados a la violencia.

Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday and is set to be formally charged, ...

He testified that Trump directed him to make the payments. Trump and his allies have portrayed the charges as politically motivated. to battle." Trump was indicted last week, becoming the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges, over a case involving a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump denies having had any such relationship with her. "We have to take back our Country and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" On the Manhattan case, Trump in 2018 initially disputed knowing anything about the payment to Daniels. In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance law violations for his role in orchestrating the payments to Daniels and McDougal and was sentenced to three years in prison. The arraignment, where Trump will be in court to hear charges and have a chance to enter a plea, was planned for 2:15 p.m. The Manhattan grand jury that indicted Trump heard evidence for months this year about a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign. The specific charges in the indictment by a grand jury convened are due to be disclosed on Tuesday. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

El expresidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, acusado por el caso de Stormy Daniels en el que el expresidente le había pagado a la actriz de cine ...

El juez que presidirá el caso será Juan Merchan, quien el año pasado presidió el caso penal de fraude fiscal contra la Organización Trump. “Esto realmente debería sacudir el núcleo de lo que creemos que debería ser nuestro sistema de justicia. Un jurado encontró a dos empresas dentro de la Organización Trump culpables de 17 delitos graves relacionados con el fraude fiscal y la falsificación de registros comerciales. “Ya sea que mandes a la derecha o a la izquierda o seas partidario o detractor de Donald Trump, esto realmente debería molestarte”, dijo Tacopina. “El fiscal de distrito corrupto no tiene caso. [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/).

El expresidente Donald Trump llega a la Torre Trump, el lunes 3 de abril de 2023, en Nueva York. (Bryan Woolston / Associated Press). By ...

Su regreso a la ciudad marca el inicio de un capítulo inédito en la historia estadounidense, pues Trump es el primer expresidente en enfrentar cargos penales. Únicamente pequeños grupos dispersos de partidarios se reunieron en el trayecto, mientras que su caravana usó una escolta policial para trasladarlo a Manhattan. Los fiscales aseguran que el proceso en su contra no tiene nada que ver con la política y han defendido el trabajo del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, quien encabeza la pesquisa. Los gobernantes de la ciudad hicieron un llamado a mantener la calma. La caravana pasó frente a grupos de partidarios que se reunieron a un costado del camino ondeando pancartas y ovacionándolo, asegurando que el caso en su contra —el cual se deriva de los pagos realizados durante su campaña de 2016— tiene motivaciones políticas. A varios meses de haber comenzado su tercera campaña para volver a la Casa Blanca luego de haber perdido ante Joe Biden en 2020, Trump y sus asesores parecían disfrutar de la atención.

El expresidente Donald Trump llegó este lunes a Nueva York para presentarse ante una corte de Manhattan el martes, donde se espera que la Fiscalía le ...

El martes por la mañana iré, lo crean o no, la sede de la corte. Este es uno de los cuatro casos por los que es investigado el magnate inmobiliario. Sewell admitió que la policía de Nueva York ha proporcionado "cierta ayuda" a la oficina del fiscal de distrito Alvin Bragg tras las amenazas que ha recibido después de anunciar que Trump sería imputado. Por otro lado, recordó que hay zonas en las que es un delito llevar un arma de fuego, incluso si una persona tiene una licencia, como los juzgados, los edificios federales y las actividades relacionadas con la Primera Enmienda. Trump viajó de Florida a Nueva York el lunes para la lectura de cargos, porgramada para el martes después del mediodía. Animó a la gente a utilizar el transporte público en lugar de manejar porque las autoridades cortarán ciertas calles como parte del operativo de seguridad en toda la ciudad. Además, habrá un “buen número de agentes en el sistema de transporte” mañana, añadió. Habrá "cierres itinerantes de carreteras" y que se cerrará una zona cercana a la Torre Trump, explicó. "Aunque no tenemos amenazas concretas, gente como [representante republicana] Marjorie Taylor Greene, conocida por difundir desinformación y discursos de odio, ha declarado que va a venir a la ciudad. “No creo que nada que Donald Trump pudiera haber hecho por sí mismo hubiera unido al Partido Republicano como esta acción del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan”, dijo Graham. “Creo que es porque estamos en una campaña, porque él es el principal candidato republicano, eso no va a ayudar en nada”. Se permitirán las fotos fijas, pero solo antes de que comiencen los procedimientos, programados para las 2:15 pm (hora del Este).

Hours after Donald Trump appears in court, his former opponent, Hillary Clinton, will be the honoree at a dinner 10 blocks from Trump Tower.

[You can find all our puzzles here](https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords). Lawrence County or the police at least once a month to find out what was happening with the case. The case began in 2009, when two couples went drinking after attending a wedding. Advocates for sexual assault survivors worry that the ruling could give prosecutors a reason not to bring sexual assault charges when the victim and the defendant know each other and there are no other witnesses. Judge Rowan Wilson wrote in the majority opinion that prosecutors had violated Regan’s rights to speedy prosecution, as guaranteed by a state law intended to prevent prosecutors from slow-walking cases without good reason. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court was celebrated at one in 1996, a couple of years after President Bill Clinton nominated her to the court. Kathy Hochul is promoting a housing plan that she says could create 800,000 new homes across the state over the next decade. Anthony Fauci, a leader in the federal response to the pandemic. “You may recall what Donald Trump said in 2016, that if we voted for Hillary Clinton we’d have a criminal president under constant investigation and who would soon be indicted,” Sussek said in the speech he planned to deliver tonight. Also on the club’s membership roll in its early years was John Hay, who held a job that Clinton later took; he was secretary of state under President William McKinley and President Theodore Roosevelt. Grant at the club. But other things are on the day’s agenda besides Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance for booking, fingerprinting and entering a plea in court.

The extraordinary scene in Manhattan will mark the first time a former US president will face criminal charges.

[widening his lead](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-indictment-poll-surges-lead-desantis-151150006.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA7EdLT7ZCnf7ubioUD4K_VqnFNyCTb4CNpGt8ZWICFYYW51LhuRUKuDvKAMvGQMNYeZu1ENDuGYXxCyaLeKrer881qTs8S2VOVJHazQInLNIXSW9auyAAInv0NMOtW0lmruZ9QC-r3KERy6BjlE-2pM4ThdvPqXBfL4TwOjM5CB) over the notional Republican field of candidates, with his challengers and potential rivals rallying to his side. At the same time, the US Justice Department is investigating Trump’s attempts to cling to power in 2020 that culminated in the deadly assault on the US capitol by his supporters as well as his retention of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021. Allies of the president have urged supporters to remain “peaceful,” despite a warning from Trump that an indictment against him could result in “potential death and destruction”. The former president is expected to enter a plea of not guilty. Merchan presided over a criminal trial last year that resulted in conviction of Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, as well as the criminal fraud case involving Trump’s former White House strategist Steve Bannon. Prosecutors say the case against Trump has nothing to do with politics.

Donald Trump was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star who has said ...

[invite](/legal/manhattan-prosecutors-signal-criminal-charges-likely-trump-nyt-2023-03-09/) Trump to testify before the grand jury, which legal experts say is a sign an indictment could come soon. Trump himself is not charged with a crime, and the indictment contains no references to hush money payments. A spokesperson for Trump said the former president had not been notified of any arrest. Trump, on Twitter, calls the hush money payments a "simple private transaction." In their indictment of Cohen, prosecutors say a candidate for federal office referred to as "Individual-1" arranged the payments. He said Trump never reimbursed him for the payment.

Donald Trump is set to be arrested in criminal court in New York City on Tuesday on charges related to hush money payments to a porn star and Playboy model.

A [ $250 million lawsuit ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/new-york-ag-sues-trump-children-company-charges-large-scale-business-f-rcna48668)brought by the New York attorney general’s office alleging he, his family and his company grossly overstated his net worth to the tune of billions of dollars is scheduled to go to trial in October. [a trial ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-civil-rape-case-trump-will-use-anonymous-jury-rcna76364)on civil rape and defamation claims brought by the writer E. Capitol and his failure to comply with a Justice Department subpoena demanding the return of government documents and alleging possible mishandling of the documents. Legal experts said the judge could restrict Trump’s travel but is unlikely to do so because he’s [running for president](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-announce-president-2024-rcna36987) and isn’t considered a flight risk. He has said he made the payment at Trump’s direction, and Trump had acknowledged repaying Cohen through payments that were labeled as legal expenses. [coordinated](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/grand-jury-georgia-trump-election-probe-completes-final-report-judge-s-rcna64891) [attempts](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/grand-jury-georgia-trump-election-probe-completes-final-report-judge-s-rcna64891) to alter the outcome of the 2020 election in the state. “What he does have is a venue where it is IMPOSSIBLE for me to get a Fair Trial (it must be changed!)” He has denied the affairs and any wrongdoing. He has also said Merchan — who presided over last year’s criminal trial against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer, which led to multiple convictions — was “hand-picked” by Bragg. Trump wrote Monday on his social media website, Truth Social, that he didn’t believe he could get a fair trial in Manhattan, where he lived for decades and made his name before he moved to Florida during his presidency. Trump called for “protests” in the event of his arrest last month, and he later ratcheted up his rhetoric, warning of "potential Trump is expected to appear at the courthouse at 100 Centre St.

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

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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.

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.

Security is high in Manhattan in preparation for a historic event: Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned today in a New York criminal court after ...

- Surrender: The former president is in New York and expected to turn himself in to the DA's office sometime this morning. Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned today in a New York criminal court after a grand jury voted to indict him last week. Live updates: Trump to surrender for arraignment today in New York City

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 is due to be arraigned today on charges related to an illegal hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

[Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://www.axios.com/2022/03/03/jan-6-kimberly-guilfoyle-subpeona), fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., before the Jan. She told [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stormy-daniels-trump-lawyer-indictment-hush-money-v8fstvtjc?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1680282300)of London that Trump's indictment was "vindication" and she's "fully aware of the insanity of it being a porn star." attorney’s office, was brought on as Trump's lead counsel in the case, a campaign official confirmed to Axios. Jean Carroll](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/trump-sexual-assault-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit). - Todd Blanche, a former assistant U.S. [served](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140756394/former-president-donald-trumps-company-found-guilty-criminal-tax-fraud)on the defense team in the [Trump Organization tax fraud trial](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/trump-organization-sentencing-tax-fraud-scheme). The former president denies both claims. [testified last month](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/michael-cohen-testify-grand-jury-trump)before the grand jury that voted to indict Trump. [been the target of Trump's fury](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/25/trump-anger-new-york-challenges-campaign)about the investigation and faces a [probe by House Republicans](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/23/house-gop-widens-manhattan-da-probe-with-outreach-to-ex-prosecutors)over the matter. [Steve Bannon](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/04/steve-bannon-border-wall-trial-2023), who's [accused of defrauding donors](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/steve-bannon-new-york-state-indictment-reports)in a fundraiser to build a wall along the Southern border. [in 2024](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/14/republicans-trump-desantis-2024-nomination), is the first president in U.S. [inherited the years-long investigation](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/21/trump-case-alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney) when he took office last year.

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.

The former president is due to surrender to police and appear in court on Tuesday afternoon, where he will learn the charges against him.

Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned in Manhattan following his indictment by a New York grand jury. He is set to face charges related to a ...

The former president is also facing separate federal investigations into his alleged involvement in 2020 election interference by his supporters and the Jan. Trump has announced a campaign for president in 2024, and his Republican allies have sought to portray Bragg’s investigation as a politically motivated effort to interfere in the election. Alvin Bragg, who is Black, an “animal” and “racist,” and has also attacked Merchan, who oversaw a separate case involving the Trump Organization. Trump is expected to be processed Tuesday like any other defendant — which could include a mug shot and fingerprinting — directly before being arraigned around 2:15 p.m. Cohen did not perform legal work for Trump while he was in the White House. Supporters and protesters awaited the former president behind steel barricades when he arrived at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.

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.

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, ...

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

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.

Supporters and opponents of former President Donald J. Trump gathered in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, galvanized by his impending arraignment.

Criminal charges are usually kryptonite for a politician, but Donald Trump has so far succeeded in transforming Tuesday's arraignment in connection with ...

Greene led a short rally Tuesday protesting Trump's indictment with the New York Young Republicans, a group with ties to white nationalists.

A spokesperson for the former president said his legal team had not been briefed on the charges.

It is the first time a current or former president has been arrested on criminal charges.

It started with an effort by Trump to suppress the National Enquirer’s publication of a former Trump Tower doorman’s claim about a child Trump purportedly had out of wedlock. He has argued that the hush money case was kept alive only by a Covid-extended statute of limitations even though prosecutors — and even Bragg himself — long seemed wary of bringing an indictment. That investigation yielded a 2021 conviction of the Trump Organization and a guilty plea from its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, who is currently serving a five-month prison sentence. Across the street from the courthouse, competing factions of anti- and pro-Trump protesters, featuring appearances by Reps. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on those charges, as well as tax and fraud offenses. Trump has railed against the hush money case and has called Bragg politically motivated. The charging documents suggest that prosecutors are relying on witness testimony, business records and a recorded conversation in September 2016 between Trump and his then-attorney Michael Cohen. His attorneys echoed his allegations about the charges after the arraignment. All 34 counts he faces are for “falsifying business records,” a crime that carries a sentence of up to four years in prison when charged as a felony. He sat at a table in the courtroom alongside attorneys Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn. Trump entered the not guilty plea himself and remained solemn, looking straight ahead throughout the proceedings. Trump, the first former president ever indicted, delivered his plea in a Manhattan courtroom a few hours after turning himself in to authorities.

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".

The former president has arrived at the criminal court to turn himself in for arraignment.

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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.

Former President Donald Trump has surrendered to authorities at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush ...

Police tried to keep apart protesters supporting the former president and those opposing him by confining them to separate sides of a park near the courthouse using metal barricades. Capitol in a failed bid to halt the congressional certification of Democrat Those investigations concern efforts to undo the 2020 election results as well as the possible mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. This is when Trump and his defense lawyers will get their first glimpse of the precise allegations against him. Martin, Joe Frederick and Robert Bumsted in New York and Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo in Washington contributed to this report. The arraignment, though expected to be brief and procedural in nature, amounts to a remarkable reckoning for Trump after years of investigations into his personal, business and political dealings. Earlier, Tacopina said in a TV interview that the former president wouldn't plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. At least 500 prominent supporters have been invited, with some of the most pro-Trump congressional Republicans expected to attend. The booking and appearance before Judge Juan Merchan should be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as Trump learns for the first time the charges against him. He arrived at court in an eight-car motorcade from Trump Tower, communicating in real time his anger at the process. House but was never convicted in the U.S. “Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse," the voluble ex-president posted on his Truth Social platform.

Former president charged with falsifying business records in the first degree as indictment released – follow all the latest Trump news.

“We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law,” Bragg said at his press conference. “We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law,” Bragg said. The prosecutor’s overreach sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public’s faith in our justice system.” Prosecutors during the arraignment said Trump made a series of threatening social media posts, including one threatening “death and destruction” if he was charged. At one point, the judge put his hand to his ear as if to prompt an answer. The former US president is giving a speech there, due at 8.15pm ET and we are launching an entirely new live blog now, in the run-up and to cover the event. House Republicans introduced three resolutions to expel Democratic state representatives Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson four days after the protest. Bragg proposed a trial start date of January 2024, weeks before voting begins in the Republican presidential primary. “I believe President Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office. Donald Trump has now left New York after surrendering to authorities and pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. “Not guilty,” Trump, 76, said when asked how he pleaded. Donald Trump has officially entered a plea of not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in connection a hush-money scheme during the 2016 election, according to multiple reports.