Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday and is set to be formally charged, fingerprints captured, and have a mug shot taken.
Trump was indicted last week, becoming the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges, over a case involving a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. He has said he is innocent and is due to plead not guilty.
"We have to take back our Country and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social profile shortly after arriving in New York from Florida on Monday, urging supporters to donate to his campaign. Trump's lawyers opposed videography, photography and radio coverage, saying it would"exacerbate an already almost circus-like atmosphere around this case", detracting from dignity and decorum.
The District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, who led the investigation, will later give a news conference in the afternoon.