Donald Trump arrested

The former president faces criminal charges in Manhattan Criminal Court at his arraignment on Tuesday afternoon.

[Donald Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/the-strange-trials-of-our-first-criminal-president.html) was not a free man. The arraignment was the hottest event in town — with Trump’s trip from his Mar-a-Lago residence tracked like he was O. Republican officials and voters have rallied to his side, believing he is the victim of a “witch hunt” by the Democratic district attorney. They sped down the highway in a group of black vehicles to La Guardia Airport, where Trump had arrived in dramatic fashion a day earlier on his private jet from Mar-a-Lago. Asked by prosecutors to address Trump’s menacing social-media posts, Judge Merchan recommended that his defense attorneys advise their client to not speak publicly about the case. After being fingerprinted, though not photographed for a mug shot, Trump walked a few steps out from behind a blacked-out door, where photographers briefly captured his glowering face framed by his signature combination of navy suit, white shirt, and red tie.

Trump is accused of falsifying business records to repay his lawyer for a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, who alleges she had a sexual affair with ...

Last month, he called for his supporters to protest across the country as he teased his impending arrest. Justice Department special counsel is investigating Trump’s storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida and his efforts to reverse his election loss. Security in New York was heightened in the days leading up to Trump’s arrest. None of the charges against Trump relate to any of those other hush money payments. Trump and several Republican supporters have accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, of having a political vendetta against the former president. The story never ran, a tactic known as “catch-and-kill.” No mugshot was taken and Trump was not put in handcuffs, but was considered arrested upon his arrival, according to multiple media reports. Trump showed little emotion as he entered the courthouse in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, saying nothing. His various businesses have faced criminal proceedings, including a conviction last December against the Trump Organization for tax fraud. Trump and his campaign have repeatedly assailed Bragg, calling him an “animal” and referring to the proceedings as a “WITCH HUNT” and a “KANGAROO COURT” in angry social media posts and fundraising emails. But Bragg’s office included details of the alleged scheme in the statement of facts to establish a pattern of behaviour for Trump that continued with the payment to Daniels. The indictment and statement of facts allege Trump knew about a $130,000 payment made by his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to Daniels in October 2016, and worked out a deal to repay Cohen through the accounts of the Trump Organization throughout the course of 2017, hiding the payments to Cohen as legal fees and bonuses.

Donald J. Trump becomes the first former president of the United States to be arrested for criminal charges.

The 76-year-old’s arrival at the court was a spectacle, travelling in an eight-car motorcade. He waved to supporters and protesters outside before entering the courthouse, where he is believed to have had his fingerprints and mugshot taken. Trump becomes the first former president to be arrested on criminal charges.

Photos: Donald Trump is arrested and arraigned in New York · Image: Former President Donald Trump leaves his hearing at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New ...

Below you can browse through those images as well as others from the day, including photos of pro- and anti-Trump protesters who massed along the barricades outside the courthouse to cheer or jeer the former president. Photojournalists captured historic images of Trump — dressed in a blue suit jacket, white shirt and red tie — inside the lower Manhattan courtroom, where he became the first former president to face criminal charges.