What To Expect During Today’s Historic Arraignment

The New York Daily News reports:

Trump, 76, is expected to appear before State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on still-unknown criminal charges stemming from prosecutors’ long-running investigation into his business dealings.

Trump is expected to arrive at the DA’s offices in the lower Manhattan courthouse at 100 Centre St several hours before appearing before the judge. There, authorities will fill out arrest paperwork, get his fingerprints taken and possibly a mugshot photo, too. That won’t be made public unless he shares it or it’s leaked.

Criminal defendants are usually handcuffed and kept in a courthouse jail cell upon surrender, though Trump’s lawyers said they don’t anticipate he will be. Once he’s finished being booked, authorities will bring Trump to the courtroom for his arraignment, where he’ll hear the charges for the first time and enter a plea. Though he doesn’t know what he’s charged with, Trump’s legal team said he plans to plead not guilty.

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The nation awaits the unveiling of criminal charges against Donald Trump at a historic arraignment in NYC.

The charges are believed to relate to his notorious hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.https://t.co/8VdeY51imN

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 4, 2023