Donald Trump is expected to be charged today with the Secret Service planning his surrender and appearance in court in New York next week
Donald Trump will likely be charged today, March 22, but will not appear before a judge in New York until next week.
“There will be no arraignment this week,” a source familiar with the proceedings exclusively told DailyMail.com yesterday (March 21).
It comes days after it was reported that a Manhattan grand jury was hearing whether Donald Trump unlawfully falsified business documents in connection with the alleged silent payment of $130,000 to an adult film actress in recent days. of the 2016 election to silence her over claims that she ‘I had an affair with him.
The former president, who is currently in Florida, is expected to be formally charged tomorrow, after which the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will contact Trump and his Secret Service to make arrangements for his surrender, according to the insider.
He will then fly to New York where he will be arrested, fingerprinted and pose for his passport photo.
The New York Police Department and the Metro Police Department, like all officers, should be in uniform ready for anything in the wake of the potential indictment.
Officials in New York and Washington, D.C. brace for potential unrest and protests following former president’s call on supporters to ‘protest, protest, protest’ in response to possible indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for silent money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump, 76, said last week he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, but a law enforcement official told DailyMail.com an arraignment would likely take place on Wednesday at the earliest.
An internal NYPD memo obtained by CNN shows that all officers must be in uniform and ready to deploy on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Daniels is also beefing up her security after her attorney says she received disturbing messages, some of which threatened her life.
Law enforcement officials told CNN there are currently no credible threats in New York, even though Tuesday is a “high alert day.”
Washington Metro Police are also preparing for protests, but US Capitol Police are “not currently tracking any direct or credible threats to the US Capitol,” according to a department intelligence assessment obtained by CNN. .
On Monday afternoon, the NYPD met with the US Secret Service and the state’s Chief Public Safety Officers with a decision to tighten security around the courthouse beginning Tuesday morning, an official said. from Law Enforcement at DailyMail.com.
However, the source said the indictment was not expected until Wednesday, at the earliest, and that Trump was unlikely to come to New York this week.
“They had their meeting and talked about a whole bunch of things about putting in additional lighting, how they’re going to put more barriers in there and send in their special response teams,” he said. said the manager.
“The NYPD will do what they will when the United Nations comes into town, with tight security,” they added. “But they don’t even think it’s going to happen this week.”
“The indictment can happen, but they don’t think Trump is coming this week. I’m told there’s an additional witness who’s going to testify on Wednesday, so if there’s an indictment it won’t come until Wednesday or Thursday, so they think he’s probably coming next week.
