Donald Trump is facing several charges of falsifying financial records, including one felony offence, insiders said. The former US president it set to be arrested and arraigned on Tuesday in a historic moment for the country.
The indictment remains sealed and the exact charges are not know but details have been revealed by anonymous insiders.
Following his indictment by a grand jury this week, Trump will be formally arrested and arraigned on Tuesday. He is the first former US president to face criminal charges.
The ex-President, like anyone else facing charges, is expected to be fingerprinted and photographed following his arrest.
But Trump will not be put in handcuffs when he attends court in New York, his lawyer has said.
He will also likely be told he has the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney as cops issue him with his Miranda rights.
But he will have secret service protection and will almost certainly be released the same day.
The charges Trump is accused of relate to a $130,000 payment made by Trump’s then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election.
The money was reportedly sent to Daniels to silence her from going public about an alleged affair with Trump a decade earlier, which Trump denies.
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Trump denies any wrongdoing.
He has responded to his indictment with official statements, Truth Social posts and messages to his supporters.
Writing on the site, Trump said: “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 this Country – have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement.”
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