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Trump to make public remarks Tuesday night after his arraignment

The former U.S. president is expected to report to the courthouse Tuesday morning, where he will be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken, like anyone else facing charges.

• April 3, 2023
U.S. President Donald Trump
Donald Trump [Photo credit: CNN]

Former U.S. President, Donald Trump, will on Tuesday night address the public in Florida after his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges related to hush money payments, his campaign team announced on Sunday. 

Mr Trump will hold the event at his Mar-a-Lago club after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn himself in. 

The former president is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offence, in the indictment handed up by a Manhattan grand jury last week, two people familiar with the matter have told The Associated Press. 

Mr Trump has denied any wrongdoing, calling the entire investigation on him a “witch hunt” aimed at damaging his candidacy. 

His campaign says it has raised more than $5 million and logged more than 16,000 volunteer signups since the indictment. 

Mr Trump’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, said these were “key indicators that Americans from all backgrounds are sick and tired of the weaponisation of the justice system against President Trump and his supporters.”

Mr Trump was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in the case involving hush money paid during the 2016 presidential campaign to a porn actor who alleged Trump had an extramarital sexual encounter with her years earlier.

Mr Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said he would pore over the indictment once he receives it, then devise the next legal steps. 

“We’re way too early to start deciding what motions we’re going to file or not file, and we do need to see the indictment and get to work,” he told ABC’s “This Week.” “I mean, look, this is the beginning,” Mr Tacopina added. 

The former U.S. president is expected to report to the courthouse Tuesday morning, where he will be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken, like anyone else facing charges. 

Investigators will complete arrest paperwork and check to see if he has any outstanding criminal charges or warrants. 

Once the booking is complete, Mr Trump will appear before a judge for an afternoon arraignment.

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