Donald Trump, 76, is the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges.
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Donald Trump, the former US president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally charged in a watershed moment ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Trump, 76, is the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges. He was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury last week in a case stemming from a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, though specific charges have yet to be released. Trump has said he is innocent and will plead not guilty.
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Trump flew from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida to New York City on his Boeing 757 plane on Monday, arriving at La Guardia Airport. His motorcade then proceeded to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, where he spent the night. Streets around the high-end Trump Tower have been cordoned off, with a heavy police presence in and around the area.
The former president waved to dozens of his supporters as he emerged from the SUV and was immediately escorted into the building.
After his court appearance, Trump will immediately fly back to Florida where he will make remarks in the evening at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.
Donald Trump, the former US president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally charged in a watershed moment ahead of next year’s presidential election.
While Trump has drawn tens of thousands of fervent supporters to rallies across the country, it was unclear how many would travel to his strongly Democratic hometown, where car travel is difficult.
A former lawyer for Donald Trump, who once said he would do anything to protect the former US president, is now standing as a key witness in the criminal trial against his former boss.
Michael Cohen, who became top executive at Trump’s real estate company and then his personal attorney, testified twice before the Manhattan grand jury that voted Thursday to indict Trump following an investigation into a silent payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 US presidential election election.
Cohen has said Trump ordered him to pay Daniels $130,000 to prevent her from speaking about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump in 2006, meaning he will likely be a prominent witness if the case goes to trial. the judge comes.
Donald Trump was set to plead not guilty to criminal charges Tuesday in a New York courtroom in an unprecedented case that threatens to disrupt the race in the 2024 White House.
Trump is the first sitting or former US president to face criminal charges – a historic development that has propelled the United States into uncharted political waters.
Amid tight security in Manhattan – and a global media frenzy – the 76-year-old will learn during his arraignment exactly what charges he faces for hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election that brought him to power.
The 76-year-old Trump remains a front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, though the still-sealed indictments set to be unveiled Tuesday may threaten to cast doubt on his viability as a candidate.
He is also using the case to revitalize his supporters and raise millions of dollars for his bid to reclaim the White House next year.
Trump was due to arrive in the early afternoon to face charges of alleged campaign finance violations over his silent payments to a porn star while running for his first presidential term.
Dozens of Donald Trump supporters demonstrated outside the courthouse where the former president will face criminal charges on Tuesday, while a handful of vocal counter-protesters chanted an anti-fascist message.
Members of the New York City Police Department’s community affairs division joined the fray as the pro-Trump side — many sporting familiar “MAGA” hats and clothing emblazoned with the American flag — shouted insults at their opposition.
The indictment of Trump will likely be short-lived
The arraignment, at which Trump will appear in court to hear charges and have a chance to enter a plea, was scheduled for 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT) on Tuesday and was likely to be short-lived. “It’s not going to be a long day in court,” Joseph Tacopina, one of Trump’s lawyers, told ABC.
