April 3, 2023
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Trump set to speak after arraignment

Trump’s attorney said the former president will voluntarily surrender to New York law enforcement and plans to mount legal challenges…reports Asian Lite News

Dormer President Donald Trump is all set to deliver the remarks on Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after he returns from the indictment.

Trump is expected to appear before the court on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan. A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted the former president on criminal charges for his involvement in a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels by his longtime fixer Michael Cohen before the 2016 presidential election.

His attorney said the former president will voluntarily surrender to New York law enforcement and plans to mount legal challenges.

Trump is expected to travel to New York on Monday before his arraignment in the Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, two sources familiar with this plans said. Trump will remain at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate, over the weekend.

Meanwhile, according to The Hill, Trump has successfully raised $4 million within a time frame of just 24 hours after his indictment on Thursday with his fundraising campaign.

More than 25 per cent of the contributions were made by first-time contributors, which the former president’s campaign team hailed as evidence that he was “the clear frontrunner in the Republican primary.”

“This incredible surge of grassroots contributions confirms that the American people see the indictment of President Trump as a disgraceful weaponization of our justice system by a Soros-funded prosecutor,” The Hill reported citing the press release of the Trump campaign on Friday.

Trump promised in a fundraising email that the “witch hunt” being conducted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) would “backfire enormously” shortly after the news of the indictment became public.

Officials involved in the planning of Trump’s appearance are considering pausing all other case activity at the court during the time that the former president is expected to appear, according to CNN citing a source with knowledge of the plans.

It’s the first time in US history that a current or former president has been criminally charged. The indictment was filed under seal and the charges are not yet public.

NYPD, Secret Service plan to close key streets

New York City officials plan to close key streets in lower Manhattan as a security measure if former President Donald Trump is indicted when he appears in a court here on Tuesday, reported ABS News.

The US Secret Service is coordinating security plans with the New York Police Department in the event that former President Trump is indicted and arraigned in an open courtroom in Manhattan, according to sources. Both agencies discussed logistics, including court security and how Trump would potentially surrender for booking and processing, according to sources briefed on the discussions, reported ABC News.

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said on Twitter on Thursday that “NYPD and other law enforcement agencies have been planning and coordinating intensively for this moment. New York City is ready. If there is a Trump mob, they have lost the element of surprise.”

Earlier Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was “confident” the city is prepared for any protests related to a potential indictment of the former president.

“We are monitoring comments on social media, and the NYPD is doing their normal role of making sure there is no inappropriate actions in the city,” Adams said Monday at an unrelated press conference. “We are confident we’re going to be able to do that.”

Trump, who is running for the Republican nomination for next year’s presidential race, has denied any wrongdoing and called the probe and the indictment a partisan attack. Bragg is a Democrat.

A team of Secret Service agents accompanied by New York Police Department officials toured the courthouse and its entrances on Friday, apparently mapping the former president’s transit through the building.

Writing on his Truth Social platform Saturday, Trump called for protests against what he said was his expected arrest Tuesday, reported ABC News.

Online posts indicate there appear to be a handful of small protests being organized by different grassroots groups. On Sunday a small group of pro-Trump demonstrators gathered on the bridge connecting Palm Beach to the mainland. They said they would return with more people on Tuesday or sooner if Trump were to be indicted, according to reports.

An intelligence bulletin issued Sunday by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C., and obtained by ABC News, says that some extremists consider the possible indictment of Trump a “line in the sand.” (ANI)

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