Trump arrest

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, ...

The People of New York v. Donald Trump is only beginning at the point of Donald Trump's arraignment and arrest. Motions, discovery and maybe a trial follow.

Tempers flared outside the Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday ahead of the arraignment and arrest of former President Donald Trump.

Trump was not arrested in handcuffs, but will instead surrender himself at a courthouse in lower Manhattan to hear the charges. Here's what to expect.

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.

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.

The former president faces criminal charges in Manhattan Criminal Court at his arraignment on Tuesday afternoon.

[Donald Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/the-strange-trials-of-our-first-criminal-president.html) was not a free man. The arraignment was the hottest event in town — with Trump’s trip from his Mar-a-Lago residence tracked like he was O. Republican officials and voters have rallied to his side, believing he is the victim of a “witch hunt” by the Democratic district attorney. They sped down the highway in a group of black vehicles to La Guardia Airport, where Trump had arrived in dramatic fashion a day earlier on his private jet from Mar-a-Lago. Asked by prosecutors to address Trump’s menacing social-media posts, Judge Merchan recommended that his defense attorneys advise their client to not speak publicly about the case. After being fingerprinted, though not photographed for a mug shot, Trump walked a few steps out from behind a blacked-out door, where photographers briefly captured his glowering face framed by his signature combination of navy suit, white shirt, and red tie.

Donald Trump was arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday, marking the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges.

[reported](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-bragg-1234673159/), some Trump advisers have urged him to rely on a novel legal strategy that would include attempting to convince a jury that the effort to buy Daniels’ silence was primarily about sparing Trump’s marriage the embarrassment of an alleged affair rather than protecting his campaign. Rolling Stone [reported](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mugshot-campaign-1234708971/) later on Monday that his team has discussed putting his mugshot on merchandise. [memoir](https://www.amazon.com/Holding-Line-Preeminent-Attorneys-Department/dp/0593300297?asc_source=web&asc_campaign=web&asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolitics-news%2Ftrump-arrested-new-york-1234703410%2F) by the former U.S. [reported](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-indictment-surrender-alvin-bragg-1234708673/) on Monday that Trump wanted to turn his booking into a spectacle, opting for it to happen in Manhattan in the middle of the day rather than at night or by video. [blasted](https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/110044039949982181) the “CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE … [indictment](https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf) was made public soon after Trump left the courthouse on Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office also released a 13-page [Statement of Facts ](https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf)summarizing the case. [Joe Tacopina](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-tacopina-lawyer-donald-trump-alvin-bragg-1234707943/), and Susan Necheles. The Trump Organization repaid and rewarded Cohen with a monthly retainer of $35,000, ultimately totaling [$420,000](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax), which it booked as legal expenses. [voted to indict him](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-indicted-new-york-grand-jury-hush-money-1234703427/) last Thursday. [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110141697788154293) to Truth Social before arriving. Trump [pleaded not guilty](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pleads-not-guilty-34-felony-counts-falsifying-business-records-1234707719/) to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

Even if Trump was to have had his mugshot taken, New York bans law enforcement from releasing most mugshots publicly.

[Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-trump-investigation/)'s office was investigating Trump for allegedly falsifying business records in connection to a $130,000 "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. "NOT GUILTY," it said under the photo. [President Donald Trump](https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/donald-trump-investigations/) did not have his mugshot taken when he [surrendered to authorities at a Manhattan courthouse](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-pleads-not-guilty-34-counts-indictment-arraignment-manhattan-court/) on Tuesday, according to his lawyer Joe Tacopina, but his [2024 presidential campaign](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-first-official-presidential-campaign-rally-waco-texas/) is fundraising off a facsimile of a mugshot.

Trump, who is campaigning for the 2024 election, is the first president to have ever faced criminal charges.

[How Trump plans to fight the indictment](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/trump-fight-new-york-indictment) ... Nearly every Republican in elected office has defended Trump and decried the indictment as politically motivated — with only a [few prominent GOP defectors](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/03/trump-indictment-2024-hutchinson-christie). He has been a witness against the former president. [Key players in the Trump hush-money case](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-hush-money-case-key-players) you don't expect this to happen in this country," Blanche told reporters. [new CNN poll](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/politics/cnn-poll-trump-indictment/index.html)indicates that [60% of Americans approve of the indictment.](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/03/polling-trump-indictment-republicans-democrats) - Prior to the hearing, a post on his Truth Social account read: "Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. - Trump used Cohen to reimburse Daniels, through checks from the "Donald J. MAGA!" The Enquirer refused payment but admitted to making false business entries. [untelevised](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-judge-media-camera-request-arraignment) arraignment. [Stormy Daniels](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/stormy-daniels-trump-indictment).

Donald Trump was arraigned in New York as the first former president to be indicted. What's next in court and the Republican race for the White House.

[hoping the criminal charges increase GOP turnout](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/31/donald-trump-fundraising-campaign-indictment/11580608002/) in Trump's favor. [Legal analysts and experts told USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/trump-new-york-indictment-legal-challenge/11592104002/) that Trump has plenty of avenues to slow-walk the case, something he hasn’t shied away from in his other court battles. Hutchinson called on Trump to withdraw from the race out of respect for the office of the presidency. Asa Hutchinson, who just announced his candidacy on Sunday, went on the offense against Trump for his indictment, saying his legal troubles "are too much of a sideshow and distraction." Nikki Haley decried the indictment as an act of "revenge." Notably, a majority of independents support the indictment, at 62%. Ron DeSantis, by 26%, compared to the last survey that had Trump leading by 8%. After the arraignment, prosecutors will have a 35-day deadline to provide Trump's legal team with relevant evidence to the case. - A Miranda warning: Trump was read the standard Miranda warning that is given to all criminal suspects. "It's not going to stop him." Afterwards, Trump pleaded not guilty and was later released. The former president went through the standard proceedings behind closed doors, including:

Kushner's father, real estate developer and disbarred attorney Charles Kushner, was sentenced to two years in jail in the early 2000s for illegal campaign ...

While “hush money” payoffs are not criminal offenses, the way in which the transaction was carried out has been recognized as a misdemeanor, which subsequently lead to Trump’s arrest. She tweeted “You’re all helping him. Trump has plead not guilty to all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

New photos released on Tuesday captured former President Donald Trump in a New York City courtroom following his arrest. Trump arrived at Manhattan Criminal ...

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 in the statement. The only thing that was unknown was what he was going to plead not guilty to. TRUMP, 76, for falsifying New York business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election." Attorney Andrew Lieb told Newsweek on Tuesday: "It was 1,000 percent guaranteed that Donald Trump was going to plead not guilty today. "Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse. Tuesday's court appearance came four days after a grand jury in Manhattan [voted to indict him](https://www.newsweek.com/read-trump-indictment-charges-details-case-revealed-1792565) following District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation.