Historic day: Trump will surrender to US justice

Donald Trumpthe former president of the United States and the favorite to become the Republican nominee again in 2024, will be formally impeached on Tuesday. ahead of the 2024 electionswhile his supporters and detractors noisily gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse where he would appear.

Trump, 76, was indicted last week. first retired or current president to face criminal charges yet to be solved, in a 2016 silence money case involving porn star Stormy Daniels. The billionaire has declared that he is innocent and that pleads not guilty.

“Today (Tuesday) is the day when ruling political party ARRESTs its main opponent for not committing ANY CRIME,” Trump, who flew to New York from his Florida residence on Monday, said in a fundraising email sent Tuesday morning.

The arraignment, during which Trump will appear in court to hear charges and have an opportunity to plead guilty, is scheduled for 14:15 local time on Tuesday.

Hundreds of Trump supporters in the park in front of the courthouse in ManhattanThey applauded and blew their whistles. His detractors held banners including one with a picture of Trump wearing a striped prison uniform behind bars and another with the caption: “Lock him up.”

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Usually, people who encounter an appearance are fingerprinted and photograph taken of them. Your appearance in court is likely to be brief.

“Judgment won’t be long.”Joseph Tacopina, one of Trump’s lawyers, told ABC.

yahoones reported late Monday night that Trump would face 34 counts of falsifying business records.

At least more than a year is left before any trial, lawyers say. An indictment, or even a conviction, does not legally bar Trump from running for president.

Five photographers will be allowed in the hall before the appearance begins to photograph a few minutes. Trump’s lawyers urged the judge to keep them out, arguing they would worsen “an atmosphere that is already almost a circus“.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the Democrat who led the investigation, is due to give a press conference after the arraignment. Trump and his allies called the case politically motivated.

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In a social media post, Trump called the Manhattan criminal court “a very unfair place” and called for the case to be moved to New York’s Staten Island borough, where Republicans usually vote. It was unclear whether his lawyers would ask the court to change the location of the hearing.

Trump will return to Florida will give a speech from his Mar-a-Lago complex at 20:15. Tuesday hours, his office said.

According to a public poll Reuters/Ipsos published on Monday after it became known that he would face criminal charges.

About 48% of Republicans say they want Trump be their party’s presidential candidate, up from 44% last month. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in second place, fell from 30% to about 19%.

More than two-thirds of those polled said they thought Trump was paying Daniels money to keep quiet, but half said they thought the allegations were politically motivated.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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