Your Indictment news for April 3, 2023
Hi there,
Hello from Boulder, Colorado, where I'll be situated for this busy week in the indictment. Not exactly the Spring Break I was expecting, but... so it goes.
Today's entry, which I'm writing after driving eight hours from Omaha, is very much about tomorrow, which is the day we'll finally learn the charges against Trump (and maybe see a mugshot).
Hi, I'm Dan Sinker, and I'm the guy writing these updates for you, because I make poor choices. There's no company behind this, just me. And it's free (see, again, my poor choices)! However, tips are very welcome via PayPal, Venmo, or CashApp. Your support means a lot.
Let's get to this day:
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Previously: Last week former president Donald Trump became the first US president to be indicted for a crime. The indictment is sealed until tomorrow's arraignment, but it is believed to pertain to hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and the potential falsifying of business records connected to the payment.
Today, Monday, April 3, 2023
Well, he didn't flee. Donald Trump arrived in New York this afternoon after departing Mar-a-Lago in an 11-car entourage that was followed to the airport by news helicopters, OJ-Bronco-style. He was accompanied on the flight by more than a dozen aides as well as his son Eric. Trump arrived at a heavily-secured Trump Tower around 4:30 Eastern, where he waved at the assembled press and a crowd of his supporters before entering the building, where he'll be staying the night before his big day tomorrow. (Source: Associated Press)
First up for Trump's Tuesday schedule is surrendering at the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg where he will be booked, fingerprinted, and photographed. Yes, there will be a mugshot taken. However, mugshots are no longer public record in New York, so we'll likely only see it if it's leaked or if the Trump team releases it. But if we do see the mugshot, former White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told Time, "it will be the most manly, most masculine, most handsome mug shot of all time." I just... vomits everywhere. (Source: Time)
After surrendering and processing, Trump will head to the 15th-floor courtroom of state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building where he will be arraigned. This will be the moment that most everyone has been waiting for, where we will learn the charges against the former president and the scope of the case DA Bragg has built against him. At that point, Trump will enter a plea—his lawyers have insisted it will be not guilty. (Source: NPR)
Appearing alongside Trump tomorrow will be the newest addition to his legal team, Todd Blanche. Blanche, who Politico describes as a "top white-collar criminal defense lawyer" is a former federal prosecutor who also represented former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and one of Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine goons, Igor Fruman. Blanche takes on the role of lead attorney, and joins Susan Necheles and Joe Tacopina who have represented Trump through the process so far. (Source: Politico)
Finally, once the arraignment is over, Trump will fly back to Mar-a-Lago where he has already planned a public statement for tomorrow night, which I sure will be totally chill and normal. (Source: Reuters)
What's coming next: Points to everything up above. Get some sleep everyone, tomorrow's gonna Be A Day.
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