Secret Service will decide whether to HANDCUFF Trump if he’s arrested
Officers could put Donald Trump in handcuffs if he is arrested next week over claims he paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about his alleged affair.
Secret Service agents are said to be engaged in sensitive negotiations with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office over how to handle the unprecedented arrest of a former president.
Sources say Trump, who is legally protected by the Secret Service, will be fingerprinted and prosecuted like any other defendant, though officials are still deliberating whether to handcuff him.
On Saturday, Trump posted a message on social media saying he would be arrested next Tuesday as part of what he described as a “corrupt and highly political” investigation.
The case centers on payments of $130,000 made by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to former porn actress Stormy Daniels toward the end of her 2016 campaign.
Former President Donald Trump could be handcuffed if he is arrested next week over claims he paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about his alleged affair. They are pictured together in 2006.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is in talks with the Secret Service about how to handle the unprecedented arrest.
The payment was listed as “legal fees” which Bragg’s office says is a violation of New York law prohibiting the falsification of business records. Trump denies the affair and knowledge of the payments.
sources said foxnews that the Secret Service will “take the lead” on what it will and will not allow as part of the arrest.
“Sources familiar with the planning said they will review security arrangements in and around the courthouse in lower Manhattan,” Fox Corp. host John Roberts told viewers.
“The Secret Service will take the lead in what it will allow or not allow,” the source warned, mentioning for example that the decision to handcuff the president, the former president, or not, will set the tone and escort him to the courtroom.
Under normal protocol, a defendant would be taken to a New York City courthouse and placed in a processing room.
They would then be briefly put in a jail cell, searched, fingerprinted, photographed for a mug shot, and handcuffed.
From there they would be escorted, still handcuffed, to a courtroom in full view of the media.
In exclusive footage taken by DailyMail.com, Trump was seen boarding his Trump-branded Boeing 757, hours after criticizing New York prosecutors online who are expected to indict him soon over money paid to Stormy Daniels to keep their alleged affair a secret.
Trump had a large team of security personnel and bag carriers with him when he boarded his plane.
Trump boarded the flight hours after a post, written entirely in all caps, called on his supporters to protest him.
However, Trump is in a very unique position as the former President of the US, which means that he is protected at all times by the Secret Service.
It is not yet clear if he will be escorted into the courtroom by court security or his Secret Service agents.
The revelation comes as Trump came out into the open on Saturday afternoon to board his private jet.
Exclusive photos obtained by dailymail.com show him boarding his personal best Boeing 757 from Florida to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend the NCAA wrestling tournament at the BOK Center.
He was wearing a suit and tie and was on his way to board a plane to watch a competition of the best college wrestlers in the country.
Trump had earlier urged his supporters to “protest, protest, protest” against the impending charges with an inflammatory post made on his TruthSocial platform.
Meanwhile, other high-profile figures came out to attack the planned arrest.
Billionaire Elon Musk said of the possible criminal charges: “If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide.”
Kevin McCarthy, the Speaker of the House, said: “Here we go again: an outrageous abuse of power by a radical district attorney who lets violent criminals walk while seeking political revenge against President Trump.”
The case centers on payments of $130,000 made by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to former porn actress Stormy Daniels toward the end of her 2016 campaign.
“I am directing the relevant committees to immediately investigate whether federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions.”
Earlier today, a Trump spokesperson said: “President Trump is rightly highlighting his innocence and the gunplay of our system of injustice. He will be in Texas next weekend for a giant rally. Make America Great Again!’ – Trump spokesman.