In preparation for Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s impending indictment of Donald Trump, the Police built steel barricades surrounding Manhattan’s Criminal Court on Monday afternoon.
The barricades around the courthouse in lower Manhattan are seen in a video captured by CBS News on Monday afternoon, days after the former president stated he anticipated being detained and charged on Tuesday. The investigation conducted by Bragg into an alleged hush-money payment made to former adult actress Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election is what led to the anticipated indictment.
“THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump blared to his followers over the weekend on Truth Social, a social-media platform owned by the former president.
“We’ll handle it like we do anything else,” NYPD Chief Kevin Maloney told the Post. “It’s Lower Manhattan, there’s always plenty of police presence down there anyway. So we’ll monitor the situation. We’ll have ample resources. We’ll see what Tuesday brings.
Several investigations into Trump’s actions after the 2020 presidential election are coming to a conclusion, and some pundits believe that he will certainly face multiple indictments in the upcoming weeks and months. In the near future, federal prosecutors in Fulton County are anticipated to indict Trump for his efforts to void the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.