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Former President Trump is expected to surrender to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Tuesday to be arraigned in New York City court after an unprecedented grand jury indictment, defusing a potential controversy over any request by prosecutors to extradite Trump from his Florida home.
Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday after a years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, making Trump the first former president in history to be indicted.
He is expected to be arraigned before the judge presiding over the case in a New York City courtroom Tuesday afternoon.
Trump is expected to surrender without handcuffs after making arrangements with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to do so, Fox News has learned. Detectives within the office are expected to handle the arrest of the former president.
Law enforcement agencies, including the U. S. Secret Service, New York Police Department, FBI, New York State court officers and the DA’s office met Friday afternoon to finalize details about the logistics and security of Trump’s arrest. The Secret Service will determine how Trump is brought in.
The moves defuse a potential situation in which prosecutors need to request Trump’s extradition from his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
A source told Fox News Digital Friday that DA Alvin Bragg had requested Trump’s surrender to his office by Friday, the day after the indictment, but that timeline had been extended due to arrangements needed to be made by the Secret Service.
Typically, a defendant who surrenders in a nonviolent case would surrender to a central booking location, legal experts have explained. However, special accommodations were expected because this indictment involves a former U. S. president…. (Read more)
