Arraignment

Former US president Donald Trump has surrendered to authorities at a Manhattan court ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money ...

Earlier, Mr Tacopina said in a TV interview that the former president would not plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. Along the way, the ex-president posted on his social media platform: “Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse. After the arraignment, Mr Trump is expected to be released by authorities because the charges against him do not require that bail be set. Mr Trump will plead not guilty, according to his lawyers, and is expected to enter the plea himself, as is standard in the court. Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Mr Trump, who was impeached twice by the US House but was never convicted in the US Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.

Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This is the lay of the land for the ...

[Follow the live blog for the blow-by-blow of the historic da](https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-arraignment-arrest-new-york)y [Even if Trump gets a mug shot, we may not see it. [plenty to say](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/1167665444/conservative-coverage-of-trump-indictment-goes-apocalyptic) about the significance of a former U.S. There are three entities conducting four investigations — this one in New York, two by the federal government, one in Georgia related to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [Speaking to Morning Edition](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167881002/former-president-donald-trump-will-surrender-to-face-criminal-charges), NPR's senior political correspondent Domenico Montanaro has some analysis on the politics of it all: president [facing criminal ](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1164985436/trump-criminal-investigations)charges. president, a famed businessman, and someone currently facing trial for criminal charges (you know the story by now).

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York ...

The event is being billed as an “Emergency Noise Demonstration” that will drown out Greene’s protest. An NYPD police cruiser led him down the street as a black SUV covered the rear. Santos chatted with a few protesters before disappearing into the crowd. “Every day there’s something happening on the streets of New York City and he’s (either) A, lowering charges or B, just letting them off.” “One of the things I’ve learned is that Trump supporters and the religious right and the Proud Boys don’t believe in statistics, they don’t believe in polls,” said Karen Irwin, a Hell’s Kitchen resident on the anti-Trump side who was waving a large anti-Trump flag. “She was someone that incited the violence that took place at the Capitol on Jan. The Associated Press reported late Friday that Trump faces a number of charges involving falsifying business records. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” Bragg said afterward in a statement. The indictment of Donald Trump was unsealed on Tuesday. almost 30 hours after he departed PBIA for the trip to New York for his first appearance in court after last week’s indictment by a Manhattan grand jury. Trump, in his trademark blue suit, white shirt and red tie, remained uncharacteristically quiet inside the courtroom and out, uttering just two words. Trump entered the plea Tuesday in New York during an unprecedented and extraordinary court proceeding.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg barred reporters from the courtroom and said there would be no livestreaming of the proceeding.

Manhattan District Attorney [Alvin Bragg](/topic/alvin-bragg) barred the majority of the press from entering and said there would be no livestream of the event, meaning courtroom sketch artists and about a dozen photographers who were allowed in became the public’s only view into the historic proceeding. In one image, he waved to the crowd. One of the first images to emerge from the courtroom was a photo of Mr Trump sitting at a table inside the courtroom where defendants typically sit.

For the country and for Donald Trump, the indictment of a former president represented an unprecedented day. For TV news organizations, it felt like a ...

“No matter what his staff says, this is a very, very difficult day for Donald Trump,” he said. [Chris Christie](/topic/chris-christie) said Trump would often call him when Christie was a U.S. His walk out the door was judged “five seconds of history” by ABC's David Muir. New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan declined media requests for video coverage of the hearing where Trump heard the charges against him and pleaded not guilty. But it tells you something when you can see how someone is dealing with a moment.” They waited for glimpses of Trump's face to interpret his expression, followed his motorcade's movements from the air, speculated on how it must feel to be arrested. “Look at his face, look at his body language,” said CBS' Robert Costa. [New York](/topic/new-york) led cable news networks to revisit the worst of earlier excesses. from the plane,” he said. Such coverage is “ridiculous,” former Ohio Gov. (No.) After the hearing is done? For TV news organizations, it felt like a throwback.

The former president's court hearing lasted 57 minutes. ... Former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts in federal court Tuesday.

If there were a verdict and that verdict were to be guilty, we would be able to take that verdict without you. And most importantly, what has to happen here is I have to be in possession of information that is significantly harmful to the person in the matter. I think in the interest of transparency and assuring the rules of law evenhandedly, at this time I'm going to deny your application. JUDGE MERCHAN: A second way you can lose your right or waive your right is to become disruptive, and I do not have any reason to believe that will happen. You have the right to be present at every stage of the proceedings in your case. To the extent we do believe we need to file a motion in advance of that, we will alert the People and Court, and obviously your Honor can guide us. But if the Court would like to, we say at least six weeks after discovery has been concluded, and for other potential motions that we will reach out to the Court about, we would ask to have a month to file those motions or to at least inform the Court of what motions we intend to file. So, motions -- and we will communicate with the People and with the Court as we land on the specifics of which motions and the timing, but some of the motions potentially dismissing the indictment after we had a chance to review discovery. First, we are filing with the Court and handing to counsel, copies of the indictment and a statement of facts. said the review by the defendant would have to be in the attorney's office. Judge, I'm also handing over to counsel a copy of the fingerprint report, and I would note for the record that the indictment was actually unsealed at 1:30 today and given to counsel for the defendant so they could review that in advance of this appearance. But now that I have made the request, if I were to be handed something like this again in the future, I have to take a closer look at it.

Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records before flying to Florida to address his supporters.

Prosecutors said Trump made a series of social media posts, including one threatening “death and destruction” if he was charged. And it’s not going to slow him down. And it’s not going to stop him. At one point, the judge put his hand to his ear as if to prompt an answer. Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, the first sitting or former US president to face criminal charges, of trying to conceal a violation of election laws during his successful 2016 campaign. “We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.