SEE IT: The extraordinary moment Trump surrenders himself to authorities
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Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court to surrender himself after being indicted by a grand jury on Thursday.
Trump is the first former president to be charged with a crime, with the indictment stemming from an alleged hush money payment in 2016.
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The former president is expected to hear the charges the grand jury indicted him on and will be fingerprinted. He will not be handcuffed but may have his mug shot taken.
Trump is expected to plead not guilty to the reported 34 felony counts for falsification of business records related to a hush money payment in 2016. The former president’s lawyer said Tuesday on ABC’s Good Morning America that he believes the trial will not see a jury trial and will “go away on papers.”
Video cameras will not be permitted inside the courtroom, but a pool of still photographers will be allowed to take photos before the arraignment begins.
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A line for court access formed overnight, with some waiting in the darkness of the early morning to get a chance to be in the courtroom for the arraignment.
The indictment will not be made public until Trump is arraigned, but it appears to have stemmed from an investigation by prosecutors in New York City into allegedly falsified business records regarding a $130,000 reimbursement of Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen for paying off porn star Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about an alleged affair she had with Trump. The payment was made in 2016 as Trump was running for president.