Former President Donald Trump has been accused And he expected Sentence to be served in New York City on Tuesday. Trump was not arrested in handcuffs, but will instead surrender to a lower Manhattan courthouse for his sentencing, which is scheduled for 2:15 pm ET. What exactly does that involve?
An arraignment is the first time a person appears in court before a judge and is told what they are charged with. The defendant is read their rights, including the right to hire an attorney if they cannot afford one. (Trump, of course, has his own legal team.) They will then tell the court whether they have pleaded guilty or not guilty. At that time, if the defendant fights the charges, the judge can set a date for a future hearing or trial.
As the New York Court System website explains, an indictment is different from an arrest. Law enforcement can make an arrest if there is probable cause that someone has committed a crime. An indictment follows a complaint, which comes when a grand jury votes to indict a person for a crime based on evidence. A grand jury is a group of citizens — 23 New Yorkers, in this case — that decides whether a prosecutor has enough evidence to charge a person with a crime.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced a grand jury last week Voted to impeach Trump on charges believed to be related to falsifying business records “Hush money” payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. The exact charges have not yet been released — official court proceedings to formally inform the accused of the charges they face. Details will be released later.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and said he had no relationship with Daniels. In one of many statements last week condemning the case on social media, He called the accused “Political Repression and Electoral Intervention at Highest Level in History.” His lawyers said the former president had “committed no crime” and vowed to “vigorously fight this political case in court.”
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As part of the sentencing process, defendants are usually fingerprinted and have their face shot taken and then taken to court to meet with a judge. But Trump is not expected to be a masked victim today, according to two sources familiar with his arrest plans.
The Secret Service, NYPD and other law enforcement agencies will have a heavy presence in and around the courtroom. The judge gave that verdict Video cameras will not be allowed inside for activities
The case makes Trump the first former president in US history to face criminal charges. He flew from Florida to New York on Monday afternoon, before leaving Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan for a criminal court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.
— Graham Cates, Pat Milton and The Associated Press contributed reporting.
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