Former US President Donald Trump is expected to appear in court in New York on Tuesday. According to media reports, around 30 charges are to be brought against the 76-year-old. Trump is the first ex-president in the history of the United States to face criminal charges.
The background is a hush money payment to the porn actress Stormy Daniels before Trump’s election as president in 2016. Daniels had claimed to have had sex with Trump. Payment may conflict with campaign finance rules. The exact details of the indictment are still under lock and key and will only be known when the indictment is read out.
For the court date in Manhattan, Trump is likely to be briefly detained so that fingerprints and police photos can be taken of him. The police in New York have prepared for protests. The first rallies, such as those by the radical Republican and Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene, have already been announced. Trump announced a speech at his private home Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Tuesday evening.