Barricades near Trump Tower, police on high alert, some protesterss and hordes of journalists in front of the Manhattan prosecutor’s office. New York awaits this Tuesday the probable arrest of Donald Trump, although not certain about the day when the decision will be made.
The former president assured on Saturday that he would be “arrested” this Tuesday as a result of paying a porn actress to buy her silence. His defense assured that these statements were based on press information. and not so much from the prosecution.
According to US media, the grand jury that will decide whether there is a crime or not could vote on Wednesday but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, could wait until next week to announce the charges. Bragg, an elected official, has not publicly confirmed any plans and the grand jury operates in secret to avoid perjury or witness tampering, making practically impossible to know what is happening.
The Public Ministry presented witnesses before the jury in recent weeks and invited Trump to testify, which could indicate his imminent indictment. If charged, the 76-year-old Republican will become the first ex-president to sit on the bench of justicewhich is interpreted by his followers as an attempt by the Democrats to prevent He stands for re-election in 2024.
To prepare for the possible arrest of the billionairewho would have to submit to the ritual of fingerprinting and even be tied up, andhe New York Police Department has put up metal fences in front of the Manhattan courthouse and Trump Toweron V Avenida de Nueva, in anticipation of the massive arrival of followers.
According to a message sent by his campaign team, in which in addition to ask for contributions ranging from $24 to $250although his followers can also contribute other sums, “President Trump knows that the real vindication will come on November 5, 2024when We the People take back the White House and make America great again.”
NBC News reported that all NYPD officers have been ordered to wear their uniforms and prepare for a deployment starting this Tuesday. “Although you will see a greater presence of uniformed officers in the five districts, There are currently no credible threats to New York City,” a spokesman said. from the police in a statement.
Trump urged massive protests last weekend in case of being indictedalthough so far only a handful of the billionaire’s followers have come to New York. This Tuesday there were a handful of protesters in front of the court.
Important figures, including his children, have not called protests andon the streets as they did after the 2020 election, when the president Joe Biden defeated Trump at the polls.
Bragg investigation centers on $130,000 paymentin the final stretch of the 2016 election, to the porn actress Stormy Daniels to silence an alleged extramarital relationship that she would have had with the tycoon ten years earlier and that he has always denied. Former lawyer and now Trump foe Michael Cohen, who testified before the grand jury, said he made the payment and was later reimbursed.
If not properly documented, the payment to Daniels could be considered a misrepresentation, that it could violate the law on electoral financing, a criminal offense that could be punished with four years in jail. Legal experts say that it will not be easy to prove said crime.
However, if charged, a possible trial could take months to take place. Trump feels he is the victim of a “witch hunt”. “Our enemies are desperate to stop us because they know we are the only ones who can stop them”Trump said in a video posted on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
The tycoon is the subject of several criminal investigations at both the state and federal levels that could threaten his new run for the White House, including his attempts to reverse his loss in the 2020 election in the state of Georgia.
Source: Ambito
