Former President Donald Trump’s private jet landed in New York City and his motorcade was escorted to Trump Tower a day before he is expected to be arraigned in a hush money case.
Trump’s plane with his name marked across it touched down at LaGuardia Airport just after 3.25pm on Monday.
New York Police Department escorts then guided Trump’s motorcade from the airport in Queens to Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
Trump, 76, wearing a suit, was seen getting out of a car outside Trump Tower and entering the skyscraper.
His wife, former First Lady Melania Trump, was also seen arriving at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon wearing a white coat with a black belt.
The ex-president’s motorcade departed his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida around 12.59pm on Monday and heading for Palm Beach International Airport, where his plan was waiting.
Trump will spend Monday night at Trump Tower, and is scheduled to appear at a court in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, with a hearing set at 2.15pm. He faces more than 30 criminal charges in court after a grand jury on Thursday voted to indict him for his role in a hush payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump’s alleged role in a $130,000 payment his former lawyer Michael Cohen made to Daniels in exchange for her silence on her claims of an affair with Trump.
Trump’s legal team has said he will voluntarily surrender and intends to challenge ‘every potential issue’ once the indictment is unsealed.
The Secret Service is set to accompany Trump early afternoon Tuesday to the district attorney’s office in the same building as the courthouse where he is slated to be arraigned.
Trump’s team is opposing news outlets’ request to allow broadcasting of Trump’s arraignment.
‘As Your Honor is well-aware, this case presents extraordinary security concerns (including Secret Service-related concerns) and we submit that any video or photography of the proceedings will only heighten these serious concerns,’ Trump’s legal team wrote in a letter to acting New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan.
Merchan said he will likely decide on Monday night whether to allow broadcasting.
Trump on Sunday night disclosed his plans on his Truth Social platform: ‘I will be leaving Mar-a-Lago on Monday at 12 noon, heading to Trump Tower in New York.
‘On Tuesday morning I will be going to, believe it or not, the Courthouse. America was not supposed to be this way!’
Trump does not plan to stay in New York City long – he has scheduled a speech back at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday evening.
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