He is the first US former president to face criminal charges and plans to plead not guilty
Supporters of former US president Donald Trump in New York City, the US, April 3 2023. Picture: DAVID DEE DELGADO/REUTERS
Trump, a Republican seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, is the first former US president to face criminal charges. The specific charges in the Trump grand jury indictment have yet to be disclosed. Trump has said he is innocent. He and his allies have portrayed the charges as politically motivated.
Trump said earlier on social media he would go to Trump Tower in Manhattan after arriving in New York, then would head to the courthouse on Tuesday morning. Remarks attributed to Trump in the email stated: “Our country has fallen. But I’m not giving up on America. We can and we will save our nation in 2024.”A court official said the arraignment was planned for 2.15pm on Tuesday. Trump then will return to Florida and deliver remarks from Mar-a-Lago at 8.15pm on Tuesday, his office said.
Trump wrote on social media on Friday that Merchan “HATES ME” and also has assailed the prosecutor on the case, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. The New York case is one of several probes Trump faces.
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