Donal Trump pleaded not guilty in a packed Manhattan courtroom Tuesday to dozens of counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy for his alleged role in hush money payments to two women toward the end of his 2016 presidential campaign, NBC News reports.
Trump Silent as He Walked Into Courtroom
Donald Trump didn’t speak or respond to reporters as he walked in the courtroom for his arraignment.
Trump’s Familiar Strategy Is Attack and Delay
New York Times: “Two tactics have been at the center of Donald J. Trump’s favored strategy in court cases for much of his adult life: attack and delay. And if the former president sticks to his well-worn legal playbook, they will be part of his approach to fighting the criminal charges now leveled against him.”
“In fact, his attacks against both the prosecutor and the judge in the case have already begun.”
Trump Surrenders
Former President Donald Trump turned himself in at a courthouse in Manhattan to answer to criminal charges related to paying hush money to a porn star.
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Trump’s Life Was Made for Tabloids
New York Times: “The particulars of the indictment against former President Donald Trump have yet to be revealed, but the salient details are heaven-made for headlines and screen crawls: Sex. Porn star. Sex. Hush money. Sex.”
“Mr. Trump maintains his innocence in now-familiar fashion, framing himself as the righteous victim of “thugs and radical left monsters.” But the indictment’s salacious nature resurrects the Donald Trump who existed well before he became the 45th president — before his ubiquitous MAGA catchphrase, before his claims to be greater than Washington or Lincoln, before the two impeachments and one Capitol riot.”
“That would be the Donald Trump who liked to present himself as a player, extremely confident that his wealth and looks made him catnip to women. A man who could talk about threesomes with a radio shock jock, boldly stroll through a dressing area filled with pageant contestants, rate women on a 1-to-10 scale based on their physical appearance.”
Trump Seeks Emergency Appeal to Block Testimony
Donald Trump’s legal team is asking for emergency help from the federal appeals court in Washington, DC, to block some of his closest advisers from testifying about him to a grand jury, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, CNN reports.
Who’s Really Undermining the Rule of Law?
Mona Charen: “The indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is risky, but nothing about it undermines the rule of law. The risks are political and prudential. The Republicans, by contrast, are chest-deep in contempt for law.”
“We saw one political risk of Bragg’s indictment play out even before anyone had read the charges. Call it the Rally Round the Criminal effect. It has been evident for some time that Republicans thrill to imagined persecution. After the completely justified, arguably essential, search of Mar-a-Lago for stolen top secret documents, the GOP sprang to Trump’s defense in Pavlovian fashion. It wasn’t just that their knees jerked; it was the language they adopted, dipping autonomically into the extremist/incendiary vocabulary they’ve learned at Trump’s knee. It was ‘defund the FBI’ (per Marjorie Taylor Greene), and ‘impeach Merrick Garland’ (per Josh Hawley), and eliminate the ‘brownshirts of the FBI” (per Paul Gosar).”
Inside the Other Trump Hush Money Case
“Former President Donald Trump has been haunted by a number of election-interference meetings in Trump Tower, but the one that poses the biggest threat to him today still hasn’t gotten much attention,” the Daily Beast reports.
“It’s not the meeting where Trump’s campaign manager, son-in-law, and oldest adult child met with a Russian offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. And it’s not the confab two months later between that same adult child—Donald Trump Jr.—and members of Middle East royalty, who were also offering election assistance.”
“This meeting came before all of that—in August 2015. The attendees were Trump, his self-described ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen, and David Pecker—the CEO of American Media Inc., parent company of the National Enquirer. The subject: silencing women who wanted to go public with damaging stories about the candidate. And it wasn’t just Stormy Daniels under discussion.”
Trump Losing His Capacity to Control His Fate
Stephen Collinson: “When Donald Trump officially becomes a criminal defendant on Tuesday, he’ll be subject to a legal system he can’t control.”
“Trump has long conjured political storms, alternative realities, legal imbroglios and media spectacles to blur the truth or discredit institutions that have constrained his rule-busting behavior. He’ll lose that ability when he steps before the court at his arraignment in a case related to a hush money payment to an adult film actress.”
“And there are increasing signs that this new reality – which will come with hefty financial commitments in legal fees and locks on Trump’s calendar – could be multiplied at a time when he’s already facing the intense demands of another White House bid.”
Trump Still Plans to Speak to Nation Tonight
Donald Trump is scheduled to fly back to his Mar-a-Lago home after his arraignment on criminal charges. He plans to give remarks to the nation at 8:15 p.m. despite his advisers reportedly being concerned about a potential gag order from the judge that would prevent him from discussing the case.
A Trump campaign source told Semafor that they’re “preparing for every single scenario.”
The Other Trump Investigations
In case you’ve lost track, The Bulwark rounds up Donald Trump’s other legal problems:
- First, there is the investigation by the Department of Justice into the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
- Second, there is DOJ’s investigation of the effort to stymie the transfer of power following the 2020 election, including the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol…
- Third is the investigation—led by Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia—into election fraud in that state, arising from Trump’s having asked the Georgia secretary of state to “find” enough votes to hand him an Electoral College win there.
- Fourth is the set of investigations (some criminal, some civil) into Trump’s various corporate enterprises. The attorney general of New York state, Letitia James, and the district attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, have each been leading probes.
Trump’s Bigger Legal Danger
“Democrats, Trump insiders and legal experts all agree: The investigation into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents poses a far more dangerous threat to his freedom than the indictment in New York,” Axios reports.
“Investigators suspect that Trump personally examined some of the boxes containing classified material — apparently out of a desire to keep certain documents — after receiving a grand jury subpoena demanding they be returned.”
Trump Expected to Comment Before Arraignment
A lawyer for Donald Trump said he expects the former president to speak to the cameras in the hallway outside of the Manhattan courtroom before and after his Tuesday arraignment, CNN reports.
Trump Spends Last Hours Before Arrest Ranting
Donald Trump spent his last few hours before being arrested Tuesday ranting on Truth Social, the Daily Beast reports.
He accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of leaking his indictment, called for Bragg to indict himself for some reason, and tried to turn the tables on his past—and likely future—opponent by saying that it is Joe Biden, and not him, who is guilty of obstruction.
Trump Moves to Get January 6 Lawsuit Dismissed
Donald Trump is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him and two others by Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of fallen U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, Axios reports.
Donald Trump to Surrender
“An extraordinary moment in U.S. history is set to soon unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments,” the AP reports.
“The booking and arraignment are likely to be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as Trump is fingerprinted, learns the charges against him and pleads, as expected, not guilty.”
“Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, will become the first former president to face criminal charges.”
How Trump Will Enter the Courthouse
Washington Post: “For Trump’s protection, the Secret Service expects the former president to enter and exit the building in a way that shields him from public view. Agents could have Trump enter an exterior door by employing the standard tented arrival, but they were leaning toward bringing him into the building through a hidden entrance where he would not be seen from the street. Advance agents who toured the courthouse Friday have identified several secure and subterranean entrances used by judges, sensitive witnesses and some high-profile defendants that they may use for Trump.”
Judge Won’t Let News Cameras Broadcast Trump
“News outlets will not be allowed to broadcast former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on Tuesday in a Manhattan state court, a judge said Monday night,” CNN reports.
“Five still photographers will be allowed to take pictures of Trump and the courtroom before the hearing begins, however.”
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