{"id":5475,"date":"2023-04-03T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:13:16","slug":"trump-travels-to-new-york-face-booking-arraignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/americas\/trump-travels-to-new-york-face-booking-arraignment\/2023\/04\/03\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump travels to New York ;face booking, arraignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST<\/span> PALM<\/span> BEACH,<\/span> Fla.<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Former<\/span> President<\/span> Donald<\/span> Trump<\/span> was<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> Florida<\/span> for<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> but<\/span> faces<\/span> arraignment<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> day<\/span> over<\/span> hush<\/span> money<\/span> payments<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> 2016<\/span> election.<\/span> and<\/span> faced<\/span> more<\/span> criminal<\/span> prosecution<\/span> than<\/span> anyone<\/span> who<\/span> saw<\/span> his<\/span> country.<\/span> .<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Trump,<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> midst<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> third<\/span> presidential<\/span> campaign<\/span> to<\/span> regain<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> he<\/span> lost<\/span> to<\/span> President<\/span> Joe<\/span> Biden<\/span> in<\/span> 2020,<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> would<\/span> leave<\/span> the<\/span> Maralago<\/span> Club<\/span> around<\/span> noon<\/span> and<\/span> board<\/span> a<\/span> private<\/span> plane.<\/span> He<\/span> will<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> Manhattan<\/span> and<\/span> spend<\/span> the<\/span> night<\/span> at<\/span> Trump<\/span> Tower<\/span> before<\/span> surrendering<\/span> to<\/span> authorities<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Trump<\/span> Tower<\/span> was<\/span> open,<\/span> but<\/span> officials<\/span> were<\/span> planning<\/span> to<\/span> close<\/span> nearby<\/span> streets<\/span> to<\/span> accommodate<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> comings<\/span> and<\/span> goings,<\/span> and<\/span> additional<\/span> security<\/span> measures<\/span> were<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> works.<\/span> They<\/span> took<\/span> steps<\/span> to<\/span> close<\/span> and<\/span> secure<\/span> the<\/span> courthouse<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> former<\/span> president<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> indicted<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> afternoon.<\/span> Trump<\/span> supporters,<\/span> including<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> most<\/span> staunch<\/span> defenders<\/span> in<\/span> Congress,<\/span> Georgia<\/span> Republican<\/span> Rep.<\/span> was<\/span> planning<\/span> a<\/span> rally<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> late<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> morning.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Trump<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> aides<\/span> enthusiastically<\/span> welcomed<\/span> the<\/span> anticipated<\/span> media<\/span> circus.<\/span> This<\/span> may<\/span> have<\/span> even<\/span> included<\/span> a<\/span> television<\/span> helicopter<\/span> following<\/span> his<\/span> route<\/span> from<\/span> Mar-a-Lago<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> airport<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> flight<\/span> to<\/span> New<\/span> York.<\/span> After<\/span> being<\/span> initially<\/span> taken<\/span> by<\/span> surprise<\/span> when<\/span> news<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> indictments<\/span> broke<\/span> Thursday<\/span> night,<\/span> Trump<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> team<\/span> are<\/span> now<\/span> focused<\/span> on<\/span> using<\/span> what<\/span> they<\/span> call<\/span> a<\/span> weak<\/span> lawsuit<\/span> against<\/span> Trump<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> advantage.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Trump<\/span> faces<\/span> multiple<\/span> business<\/span> record<\/span> falsification<\/span> charges,<\/span> including<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> one<\/span> felony<\/span> count,<\/span> on<\/span> an<\/span> indictment<\/span> returned<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> Manhattan<\/span> grand<\/span> jury<\/span> last<\/span> week.<\/span> The<\/span> study<\/span> looks<\/span> at<\/span> six-figure<\/span> payments<\/span> to<\/span> porn<\/span> star<\/span> Stormy<\/span> Daniels<\/span> and<\/span> former<\/span> Playboy<\/span> model<\/span> Karen<\/span> McDougal.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Both<\/span> say<\/span> they<\/span> had<\/span> sexual<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> married<\/span> Trump<\/span> years<\/span> before<\/span> he<\/span> entered<\/span> politics.<\/span> Trump<\/span> has<\/span> denied<\/span> having<\/span> sexual<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> both<\/span> women,<\/span> denied<\/span> any<\/span> wrongdoing<\/span> related<\/span> to<\/span> payments,<\/span> and<\/span> claimed<\/span> the<\/span> lawsuit<\/span> against<\/span> him<\/span> was<\/span> politically<\/span> motivated.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>No<\/span> ex-president<\/span> has<\/span> ever<\/span> been<\/span> indicted,<\/span> and<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> presidential<\/span> campaign<\/span> remains<\/span> active,<\/span> with<\/span> legal<\/span> and<\/span> political<\/span> ramifications<\/span> colliding<\/span> in<\/span> unprecedented<\/span> ways.<\/span> Trump<\/span> spent<\/span> the<\/span> weekend<\/span> playing<\/span> golf<\/span> and<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> advisers,<\/span> but<\/span> his<\/span> campaign<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> raised<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> $5<\/span> million<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> charges<\/span> were<\/span> broken.<\/span> Top<\/span> Republicans,<\/span> including<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> potential<\/span> rivals<\/span> in<\/span> next<\/span> year’s<\/span> Republican<\/span> presidential<\/span> primary,<\/span> have<\/span> condemned<\/span> the<\/span> lawsuit<\/span> against<\/span> him.Biden<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> leading<\/span> Democrats<\/span> have<\/span> said<\/span> little<\/span> about<\/span> it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sorensten<\/span> said<\/span> Trump<\/span> was<\/span> wrong<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> charged<\/span> with<\/span> dating<\/span> a<\/span> porn<\/span> star<\/span> long<\/span> before<\/span> he<\/span> took<\/span> office.<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> investigators<\/span> should<\/span> instead<\/span> look<\/span> to<\/span> Biden’s<\/span> son<\/span> Hunter<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> dealings.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“To<\/span> me,<\/span> these<\/span> acts<\/span> are<\/span> treason,”<\/span> Sorensten<\/span> said<\/span> of<\/span> Biden.<\/span> “But<\/span> it’s<\/span> a<\/span> walk.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump was due to leave Florida for New York on Monday but faces arraignment the next day over hush money payments during the 2016 election. and faced more criminal prosecution than anyone who saw his country. . Trump, who is in the midst of his third […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2400,280],"tags":[3255,3256,3257,3258,3259,142,3260,2136,3261,2138,3262,2144,3263,2147,3264,2150,3265,2245,3014,3015,3017,3023],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/trmp.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5479,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}