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2023-04-04T16:43:16.667Z


Following the filing of a criminal indictment against him, Trump arrived yesterday from Florida to Manhattan, where he will undergo a routine arrest process, including taking fingerprints and an arrest photograph. It is unclear if the arrest photo will be published. At the subsequent hearing, only five photographers will be allowed to take a few pictures before the indictment is read


New York is preparing for the historic hearing of former President Donald Trump (Reuters)

Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, is preparing to turn himself in today (Tuesday) to the Manhattan District Attorney, undergo an arrest process and face a historic hearing in front of a judge who will read to him a criminal indictment filed against him last week.



According to CNN, Trump, accompanied by Secret Service agents and his staff, is about to leave Trump Tower for southern Manhattan, where the criminal court building and district attorney's office are located.

On the seventh floor he will meet a civilian investigator who works for the district attorney, and he will be the policeman who arrests him.



He will go through a routine arrest process, which includes taking fingerprints and an arrest photo.

It is not clear whether the arrest photo will be released - Trump's team is opposed, but the former president wants to release it to squeeze empathy.



In front of the court, dozens of photographers are waiting for him, mainly, but also dozens of supporters and opponents who are demonstrating outside the entrance to the building.

Far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Tyler Greene of Georgia, who was in Manhattan, said Trump "joins some of the most amazing people in history with his arrest today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, and served time in prison. Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government. I can't To believe that this is happening, but I will always support him. He did not commit any crime."



Trump advisers told CNN that Trump plans to make a brief statement before entering the courtroom - with his keynote speech being reserved for his return to Florida later tonight.



The hearing, or the reading of the indictment, will take place in the Supreme Court of New York at 21:15 Israel time - but it may take place earlier.

The reading of the indictment, which will be published at the same time in the media, is expected to last about fifteen minutes to twenty minutes, and at the end Trump is expected to plead guilty and be released on his own bail.

Demonstrations in New York (Photo: Reuters)

Demonstrations in New York (Photo: Reuters)

Demonstrations in New York (Photo: Reuters)

The 45th president of the United States was indicted by a grand jury at the request of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Berg, who reopened an old investigation into the payment of hush money by Trump to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential campaign.



Daniels and Trump had a brief relationship in 2006, after Trump was already married to Melania.

In 2016, Daniels threatened to reveal the affair, and Trump's lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, paid her $130,000 for signing a confidentiality agreement.

According to the charges, Trump returned the money to Cohen in checks totaling $35,000 and wrote in the business reports that this was a "legal expense." The former president denies the affair and the payment to Cohen.



The indictment is still confidential, but according to sources, it includes about 30 charges for falsifying business reports - which is considered a misdemeanor. However, according to sources, the charges against Trump were defined as a "serious offense" (felony) - a crime that carries a prison sentence of up to four years in New York. When it comes to such offenses, the prosecution will have to prove that Trump recorded the payments as legal expenses" because he wanted to hide another crime, such as violating campaign finance laws.



According to estimates, Trump will not be sent to prison because this is his first offense, but will pay a fine and possibly receive a suspended prison sentence.

On video: New York is preparing for a decision in Donald Trump's "hush money" case (Reuters)

Stormy Daniels (Photo: Reuters)

Judge of the court in New York, Juan Marchan (Photo: GettyImages)

Court building in Manhattan (Photo: Reuters)

Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

Trump flew yesterday from his estate in Florida to Trump Tower in Manhattan.

This morning he sent an email in which he criticized Judge Juan Marchan, who will preside over the hearing, and wrote that "this is a tragic day for the republic."

The subject of the email was "My last email before my arrest".

In the email, the former president asked that people "come together to save America" ​​and included a link to fundraise for his campaign ahead of the 2024 election. He also expressed concern that the United States was turning into a "Marxist Third World country."



Afterwards, Trump posted on his social network, Twitter Social, in which he criticized the location of his hearing as "an unfair place with areas where only 1% voted Republican."

He also called Judge Marchan "extremely partisan" and added that his family is a "known Trump hater."

He summed up the post with the words "field trial!"



Last night, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marchan announced that he would not allow cameras to be brought into the courtroom during the reading of the indictment in order to prevent arguments from his supporters.

American news organizations, which submitted a request for a live broadcast of the hearing, claimed that it was an "extraordinary public interest" due to the historical importance of the event.



However, five photographers will be allowed in to take stills of Trump and the courtroom before the hearing begins.

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