Trump has this morning railed against the charges, the venue of the court and the presiding judge, saying it is a “tragic day for our Republic”
A little later, he will make his way from Trump Tower to the court in Lower Manhattan
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Trump is getting the VIP treatment at court today.
Instead of languishing for hours once he arrives at the courthouse, he’ll be quickly processed and then hurried up to his arraignment hearing. He will not be held or physically restrained, unlike many of the other defendants who appear in Manhattan criminal court. While there are serious security considerations for a former president, this is a departure from what most defendants experience.
“For all the outcry of his advisors about how terribly he’s being treated, he’s actually getting tremendously special treatment, and he’ll be able to go home at the end of the day,” said Cynthia Godsoe, who was a public defender representing juveniles in the 2000s and now teaches at Brooklyn Law School.
She recalled that many of her clients, some as young as 11, were shackled, and waited hours to be processed and appear before a judge. Most were young men of colour, and not many had the money to post bail.
Many defendants at criminal court wait in jail for their trial. Some wind up in New York city’s largest and most notorious jail, Rikers Island, which has been subject to numerous investigations about the conditions and safety for inmates.
Immediately after his arraignment, the Secret Service will whisk Trump away. He’s set fly home to his sprawling Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, where he’s expected to address his supporters tonight.
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