Late last week, we reported that former US president Donald J. Trump’s arraignment has been scheduled for Tuesday of this week, after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, his investigators and prosecutors, and the grand jury made history following the jury’s monumental vote to indict the 45 president of the United States. This served as the first time in American history that a current or former US president has ever been charged with a crime.
Reporting indicated that the scandal-ridden, disgraced former president intends to enter a plea of not guilty to the charges lodged against him, relating to the infamous 2016, 6-figure hush money payments made to adult film star and former Trump affair partner, Stormy Daniels, just mere weeks ahead of the 2016 presidential election that Donald Trump went on to win. According to evidence acquired through the investigation, Trump ordered his then-personal attorney and self-described “fixer,” Michael Cohen, to make the $130,000 payment to Daniels in an effort to buy the porn star’s silence ahead of the election. Trump allegedly promised to reimburse the attorney for the 6 figure payment made to Daniels. Cohen has since developed into a key, star witness in the Manhattan District Attorney’s notorious hush money investigation.
Yesterday afternoon, we reported on the bombshell news that disgraced, scandal-ridden former President Donald Trump had officially departed his Mar-a-Lago golf resort turned post-White House home in Palm Beach, headed to Manhattan, New York, where he would spend the night in Trump Tower, and face his formal, historical arraignment the next day. Reports indicated that Melania did not accompany her husband to New York.
Now, according to breaking news from multiple outlets, former United States President Donald J. Trump has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse, where he will face his formal arrest and arrangement.
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CNN reports, “As soon as he’s into that building, he is technically under arrest.”
“He will be in the custody of the DA’s office investigators… He will be told he is under arrest and he is in their custody at this time.”
BREAKING: Donald Trump is now under arrest in New York City ahead of his arraignment in court https://t.co/0NxzuxZt8I pic.twitter.com/9sdFFunjcM
— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2023
It is important to note that “under arrest” does not technically equate to being handcuffed in the manner you would witness with a “normal” criminal. The true definition of “under arrest” means “in the legal custody of the police.”
As it stands, we do not believe Donald Trump has been placed in handcuffs, WaPo reported that authorities were not arresting the former president in the most traditional sense. However, the former US president is in the custody of law enforcement officials and is technically, officially under arrest, as he faces his formal arraignment in connection to the hush money charges against him.
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