As part of the first criminal case against an ex-US president, a Republican will be booked, fingerprinted, and brought to court.

Donald Trump will be charged in a criminal case for the first time as a former president of the United States.


After being charged by a Manhattan grand jury last week, the Republican is due in a New York court on Tuesday.

The main focus of the investigation is a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. This was done to keep her quiet about a rumored affair between her and Trump ten years earlier. The former president says he did nothing wrong.


So, what will happen exactly on Tuesday?

Trump is already in New York. He flew in from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday. He has a lot of legal problems.


He will go to the Manhattan district attorney's office, which is in the same building as the courthouse, with armed Secret Service agents.


There, investigators are likely to put Trump in a file. During the booking process at a police station or jail, a criminal suspect's information is added to the system.


Trump, who has been trying to become the top Republican candidate for president in 2024, will have his fingerprints taken, but it is not clear if he will also have his picture taken. A mugshot is an official photo of a person's face, usually for police records.

Even if Trump has his picture taken, the public might not see it. Trump's lawyers are worried that if the picture gets out, it could hurt his chances of running for president in 2024.

His lawyer, Joe Tacopina, has said that Trump does not expect to be put in handcuffs.

Most criminal suspects are put in cells near the courtroom while they wait to be arraigned, but Trump won't be one of them. The US news media said that the former president will be taken to the courtroom through a back set of hallways and elevators. He will then walk into the courtroom through a public hallway.

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Trump will likely be brought in front of Judge Juan Merchan to face the charges against him, which haven't been made public yet. The court date is expected to be at 2:15 p.m. (18:15 GMT).

Tacopina said that Trump will say he is innocent. The lawyer said that the former president will try to get the charges dropped without going to trial. He also said that there is "zero" chance that the former president will agree to a plea deal with prosecutors.

Tacopina told NBC's Today show, "President Trump will not take a plea deal in this case." "That will not happen. There is no wrongdoing."

Trump will almost certainly be released on his own recognizance after his arraignment. This means that he will be able to stay free until his trial. Conditions could be put on his trip, but it is very unlikely that this will happen.


SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES