By RACHAEL BADE, EUGENE DANIELS and RYAN LIZZA
03/18/2023 11:18 AM EDT
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With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross
Following a flurry of reports yesterday suggesting the former president will be indicted by New York prosecutors within days, DONALD TRUMP said publicly this morning that he’s preparing to be charged as soon as Tuesday.
Trump’s Truth Social post: “BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.”
NBC’s Jonathan Dienst scooped the news yesterday afternoon that “local, state and federal law enforcement and security agencies are preparing” for Trump’s indictment over allegations that he paid off porn star STORMY DANIELS during the 2016 campaign to keep her quiet about an alleged affair she’d had with the married Trump in 2006. Dienst wrote that state and federal agencies were “conducting preliminary security assessments” and “discussing potential security plans” surrounding a potential Trump appearance at Manhattan’s criminal courthouse.
Trump’s attorney JOE TACOPINA said his client will surrender without a physical altercation. “There won’t be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago with Secret Service and the Manhattan DA’s office,” Tacopina said. Trump would be expected to travel to New York to enter a plea to the charges...
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