“MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” the president posted on his Truth Social platform as his plane took off in Florida. “WITCH HUNT, as our once great Country is going to HELL!”
The president played golf at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, embarked on a fundraising frenzy that he claims raised $US4 million in 24 hours and railed against the case on his Truth Social platform.
When he gets to the District Attorney’s office on Tuesday, he will be taken into custody with his Secret Service detail, and officially arrested and fingerprinted.Credit:While defendants are usually handcuffed, Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina has said he did not expect that to occur. Questions also remain over whether he will be required to have a mugshot taken amid concerns that the image will be leaked. .
Trump’s team has already said he will plead not guilty to the charges, which relate to a $US130,000 hush-money payment that his then-fixer, Michael Cohen,ahead of the 2016 election. Daniels claims she had an affair with Trump in 2006, soon after he married his third wife Melania. The former president, however insists this is not true.
One of the latest to weigh in was former attorney-general Bill Barr, who testified against Trump in the January 6 committee hearings. In ainterview, Barr came to his former boss’ defence, criticising Bragg’s indictment and warning it would spark a wave of politically motivated prosecutions.Farrah Tomazin