NEW YORK, 4 Apr: An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.
\nThe booking and appearance before Judge Juan Merchan should be relatively brief \u2014 though hardly routine \u2014 as Trump is fingerprinted, learns the charges against him and pleads, as expected, not guilty. Merchan has ruled that TV cameras won\u2019t be allowed in the courtroom.
\nTrump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, will become the first former president to face criminal charges. The nation\u2019s 45th commander in chief will be escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
\nTrump lawyer Joe Tacopina said Tuesday that the former president wouldn\u2019t plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. He said he didn\u2019t believe the case would ever make it to a jury, but conceded, \u201cReally, there\u2019s a lot of mystery here because we\u2019re doing something that\u2019s never been done before.\u201d
\n\u201cI think there will be a typical processing, which does not take long, 20-30 minutes. There won\u2019t be handcuffs,\u201d Tacopina told ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d \u201cBut, yeah, he\u2019ll be processed the way anyone else would be \u2014 to a degree.\u201d
\nNew York police said they were ready for large protests by Trump supporters, who share the Republican former president\u2019s belief that the New York grand jury indictment and three additional pending investigations are politically motivated and intended to weaken his bid to retake the White House in 2024. As Tuesday wore on, however, journalists often vastly outnumbered the protesters. (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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