Big Apple ready to smash hatches in front of former president, mobilize 700 riot police donald trumpArrests expected earlier this week.
State, city, and federal law enforcement agencies have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss ways to deal with the widespread protests expected after Trump’s arrest, as Trump supporters have already begun descending on Trump Tower. I have.
New York police are even considering deploying hundreds of riot police. Daily Beast Report fears Trump arrest could trigger both MAGA conservatives Anti-Trump protesters confronted outside Manhattan Criminal Court as he was indicted.
Trump faces criminal charges in $130,000 payment made to porn star by ex-lawyer Michael Cohen Stormy Daniels Towards the end of his 2016 campaign. Prosecutors say the payment violated campaign finance laws and silenced Daniels about his relationship with the mogul.
Some MAGA fans now Landed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida, in a brazen attempt to prevent his arrest.
Former President Donald Trump (pictured Saturday) is set to be arrested earlier this week on New York state charges for allegedly paying hush money to Stormy Daniels.
Former President Trump urged supporters to ‘protest’ after claiming he expects arrests as early as Tuesday
Two of the former president’s supporters are pictured outside the St. Louis Trump Tower in New York City on Friday.patrick’s day parade
A representative of the New York Police Department told the Daily Beast that they are closely monitoring social media and are working with federal authorities and other police departments to assess the scale of the protests.
The force may deploy a “strategic response group” of 700 members trained in “disaster management”.
And if necessary, they said the situation could be escalated by deploying a Level 4 alert. This leaves him with eight police officers and his one sergeant on standby in every precinct throughout New York City.
At the same time, officials are providing security at the state Supreme Court building in lower Manhattan, fearing both pro-Trump and anti-Trump protesters will congregate outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, leading to potential violence. Police may be mobilized.
The NYPD and FBI also have contingency plans to address the growing threat to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his staff if some of Trump’s more radical supporters target them. are adjusting.
And Secret Service agents in charge of Trump details in South Florida and New York are coordinating how to get Trump to the district attorney’s office through crowds of demonstrators and media. It is said
part of that discussion, CNN Citing people with knowledge of the conversation, the report included the need to reserve an area for a possible press conference outside Trump Tower.
New York police now preparing for violent clashes outside Trump Tower if former president is arrested
Trump posted this photo of his supporters in St. Louis.Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday on his Truth social
Street performer known as Crackhead Bernie mingle with former Trump supporters at parade
Dion Cini unveiled his MAGA t-shirt after introducing himself as a White Lives Matter community leader in St. Louis.patrick’s day parade
One Trump supporter can be seen here stepping on a poster emblazoned with the face of the Republican Governor of Florida in Trump sneakers. 2024 Potential Challenger Ron DeSantis
Trump said he expects to be arrested as well on Tuesday on state charges for paying Stormy Daniels because he urged his supporters to “protest, protest, protest.”
Some have already heeded that advice, with others gathering outside Trump Tower in Manhattan and planning protests around Mar-a-Lago in South Florida to prevent his arrest.
In response, Manhattan District Attorney Bragg released a memo reassuring the safety of his office staff, claiming that law enforcement is vigilant to investigate the threat.
He didn’t use Trump’s name, but said the threats were related to “an ongoing investigation by this office.”
‘Please know your safety is our number one priority,’ Bragg said The memo first reported by Politico.
“We will not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York,” he added.
Bragg had previously presented evidence to a New York grand jury that he paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for his silence about the alleged incident.
The payment was listed as a “legal fee,” and Bragg’s office said it violated New York law against falsification of business records.
Trump has repeatedly denied these allegations, and his attorney has accused Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) of extortion.
But if he is indicted, officials will set a date for Trump’s surrender, at which point he will be taken directly to arraignment before a judge, where he can be released on his own accord. Highly sexual
And like all other defendants in New York, Bragg said Trump would be fingerprinted and brought in to have his face photographed.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (pictured in February) says his office will not be intimidated as he considers criminal charges against the former president.
The New York Police Department has mobilized a “strategic response group” of 700 members trained in “disaster preparedness” to prepare to confront the protesters.
source previously told fox news The Secret Service “leading” what to allow and what not to allow as part of an arrest.
“Some sources familiar with the plan said security arrangements would be made in and around the lower Manhattan courthouse,” Fox Inc. anchor John Roberts told viewers.
“The Secret Service will take the lead on whether to allow or not, the sources warned, noting, for example, that they set the tone and He said he would escort him to court.
Under normal protocol, the defendant is taken to a New York City court and placed in a processing room.
They were then briefly put in a cell, booked, fingerprinted, photographed for mugshots, and handcuffed.
From there they were taken, still handcuffed, to a courtroom in full view of the press.
However, Trump is in the very unique position of being a former U.S. President and is always protected by the Secret Service.
It is not yet clear whether he will be escorted to court by court guards or his Secret Service agents.
If he is indicted, Trump would become the first former US president to face criminal prosecution.
