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No handcuffs but a mug shot: Trump to be arraigned in hush money case

No handcuffs but a mug shot: Trump to be arraigned in hush money case

Donald Trump just isn’t anticipated to be cuffed, he seemingly could be fingerprinted and endure different routine protocols when going to court docket on Tuesday to face costs, ex-US chief’s lawyer says.

“There’s no textbook to see how you arraign a former president of the United States in criminal court,” Tacopina says.
(AFP Archive)

Former US president Donald Trump won’t be handcuffed when he surrenders subsequent week in New York to face prison costs, his defence lawyer Joe Tacopina has stated.

Susan Necheles, one other Trump lawyer, stated on Friday the previous president would plead not responsible.

Tacopina stated, whereas Trump was not anticipated to be cuffed, he seemingly could be fingerprinted and endure different routine protocols when going to court docket on Tuesday to face costs in an indictment handed down by a grand jury probing a hush-money cost to grownup film actress Stormy Daniels throughout Trump’s 2016 presidential marketing campaign.

“I don’t know how all this is going to go down,” Tacopina cautioned in an interview.

“There’s no textbook to see how you arraign a former president of the United States in criminal court.”

Necheles declined to touch upon particulars of the give up.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Tacopina stated Trump and his defence staff have been shocked by news of the indictment.

“Initially, we were all shocked. Didn’t believe they were actually going to go through with this because there’s no crime here,” Tacopina stated.

Trump will likely be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken, and investigators will full arrest paperwork and verify to see if he has any excellent prison costs or warrants, in response to an individual acquainted who requested anonymity to debate delicate safety operations.

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‘Kangaroo court docket!’

The 76-year-old Trump, who’s hoping to recapture the White House in 2024, chimed in with assaults on the prosecutors who introduced the costs in opposition to him and even the choose anticipated to listen to the case.

“ELECTION INTERFERENCE, KANGAROO COURT!” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social, including that Juan Manuel Marchal, the choose who could preside over an eventual trial, “hates me.”

Trump’s pending arrest throws a political grenade into subsequent 12 months’s White House race, and President Joe Biden sidestepped questions from reporters concerning the indictment of the Republican he beat in 2020 and will doubtlessly face once more in November of subsequent 12 months.

“I have no comment on Trump,” Biden stated.

In predicting his indictment, Trump known as for protests and warned it might result in “potential death and destruction” for the nation.

Extra safety has been deployed for days across the downtown Manhattan courthouse the place Trump is to be booked and arraigned.

Trump survived two impeachments whereas within the White House and stored prosecutors at bay over every part from the US Capitol riot to lacking categorised recordsdata.

He faces felony investigations in Georgia referring to the 2020 election and in Washington over each the categorised recordsdata and the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol by his supporters.

Top Republicans have rallied across the former president who stays the favourite to win the celebration’s 2024 presidential nomination.

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