Trump to be charged Tuesday with 34 felony counts, but spared handcuffs and mug shot

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Isikoff is usually accurate

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Donald Trump will be placed under arrest on Tuesday and informed that he has been charged with 34 felony counts for falsification of business records, according to a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of the former president.

A New York City Police arrest report summarizing the charges against Trump will then be prepared and entered into the court system before he is led into a courtroom to be formally arraigned on the charges, none of which are misdemeanors.

But, the source said, Trump will not be put in handcuffs, placed in a jail cell or subjected to a mug shot — typical procedures even for white collar defendants until a judge has weighed in on pretrial conditions. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, which has been consulting with the Secret Service and New York City court officials, concluded that there was no reason to subject the former president to handcuffs or a mug shot.

The stated reason for handcuffing defendants is on the grounds that the suspect might be a flight risk or a threat to the district attorney or court personnel, neither of which were judged to be relevant to the handling of a former president protected at all times by a phalanx of Secret Service agents.

[Firestorm49]

1. Bullshit. Get a mug shot !!!!!!!

[Beachnutt]

2. Justice is NOT equal in America !!

[moonscape]

6. No, because he wants one to

print on mugs, t-shirts, etc to grift off of and continue riling up his base.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Right on. . . . nt

[llmart]

3. I'm OK with no mug shot.

I've seen enough of his ugly mug to last me a lifetime.

[live love laugh]

4. 34 FELONY counts! But the ROM* only focuses on sex.

Typical.

*ROM: Republican-Owned Media

[C_U_L8R]

5. Fingerprint him. And get DNA.

He's one to send a body double to prison in his place.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Here we are again placing personalities over principles.

Plus, I'm not sure the Secret Service would stop him from taking flight. They're paid to protect him, not control him.


KY.......

[EnergizedLib]

9. What crap

Why doesn’t everybody be spared a mugshot then? What happened equality under the law?

[debm55]

11. Because he's special.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. Could we at least get his stats on paper?

Height without the lifts. Weight. Natural hair color, medical history. The stuff they demand from everyone at intake.