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ABC News reports: Judge Juan Merchan will allow five pool still photographers to snap for several minutes before the arraignment formally starts, according to a decision issued Monday night. No video cameras will be allowed, though Judge Merchan conceded, “That this indictment involves a matter of monumental significance cannot possibly be disputed. Never in the history of the United States …

Reuters reports: Beefing up his legal team, Trump hired Todd Blanche, a prominent white-collar criminal defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor, to lead his defense, two sources familiar with the matter said. Blanche and other Trump lawyers on Monday urged the judge not to allow videography, photography and radio coverage of the arraignment. In a letter to the court, they …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump departed his Florida home Monday afternoon as he travels to New York City for his Tuesday court date. Trump’s motorcade departed his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach shortly after 12:15 p.m. EDT en route to a local airport. CNN, Fox News and MSNBC all aired live coverage of the SUVs making their way …

“I think the entire world will be watching just how strong and just how fervent he is that we must continue this Make America Great Again movement because you can’t have Trump policies without President Trump. Nobody wants to go see the tribute band when the Rolling Stones are still playing. They’re here for President Trump and the Republican Party …

The Washington Post reports: Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, according to people familiar with the matter. The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to help understand …

From the Fox News Sunday transcript: BREAM: I’ll ask you what I asked Jim Trusty as well. If the president was your client, would you put him on the stand? Because I’ve got to imagine, in any of these cases, if it gets to trial, he’s going to want to defend himself. BARR: Yeah. Well, I mean, I’m not his …

CNN reports: “We’re not doing anything at the arraignment because that would be showmanship and nothing more because we haven’t even seen the indictment yet. We will take the indictment, we will dissect it, the team will look at every potential issue that we will be able to challenge and we will challenge it,” Joe Tacopina told CNN’s Dana Bash. …

“There is a compelling public interest argument to make. It is absolutely true that New York is really regressive in terms of cameras in the courtroom. I do expect there’ll be an argument made. I’m not sure what the ruling will be on that. One of the things we saw over and over – both with Michael Cohen, in terms …

“I have never met someone who could take as much as Donald Trump. I mean, you would be hard pressed, Sean, to find anyone anywhere who has given up as much in current times as Donald Trump has for this country. “He was willing to give it all up. Man, has he given up a lot at this point. And …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump raised more than $4 million in the 24 hours after news of his indictment in Manhattan became public, according to figures released by his campaign Friday. The Trump campaign said that more than 25% of the donations came from first-time donors to the former president, “further solidifying President Trump’s status as the clear …

The New York Post reports: Events at Donald Trump’s Palm Beach resort were suspended for the weekend on Friday — as the former president was seen “huddling” with his legal team to hammer out a defense after a New York grand jury voted to indict him Thursday, The Post has learned. Trump, 76, met with his advisers at Mar-a-Lago where, …

The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. He will be formally arrested and arraigned Tuesday in his hush money case, setting the scene …

The Huffington Post reports: In an interview with The Times of London, Daniels called Trump’s indictment “vindication.” “I am fully aware of the insanity of it being a porn star. But it’s also poetic; this pussy grabbed back,” she said. Daniels did express concern over how the indictment would “divide people,” noting Trump has “already gotten away with inciting a …

The Daily Beast reports: There is “zero” chance that Donald Trump will take a plea deal if the indictment against him goes to trial, a lawyer for the former president said Friday. Speaking on the Today Show, attorney Joe Tacopina said Trump was “shocked” that he was facing criminal charges, before deciding “we have to fight now.” When asked by …

Politico reports: Aides to the former president moved aggressively on Thursday to capitalize politically on news that a Manhattan grand jury had charged Trump — using it to fill their fundraising coffers, mobilize loyalists and further solidify his hold on his base of supporters in the GOP presidential primary. A man with no shortage of love for made-for-TV drama, Trump …

The Indianapolis Star reports: Mike Pence, the former Indiana governor and vice president, defended Donald Trump Thursday night on CNN, telling Wolf Blitzer that the former president’s indictment was an “outrage.” Pence called the indictment an example of the “criminalization of politics.” “The unprecedented indictment of a former president of the United States on a campaign finance issue is an …

The New York Times reports: He will be fingerprinted. He will be photographed. He may even be handcuffed. In the days ahead, Donald J. Trump is expected to walk through the routine steps of felony arrest processing in New York, now that a grand jury has voted to indict him in connection with his role in a hush-money payment to …

Posted just now to Trump’s campaign website: This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats – the enemy of the hard-working men and women of …

The New York Times reports: A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Manhattan prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s role in paying hush-money to a porn star also have been examining a $150,000 payment to a former Playboy model who alleged that she had an affair with the former president, raising the prospect that Mr. Trump could face charges connected to the silencing of both women. Manhattan District Attorney …