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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: Yahoo/Isikoff

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.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-trump-to-be-charged-tuesday-with-34-felony-counts-but-spared-handcuffs-and-mug-shot-001241750.html

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[Marianne W]

1. Oh damn

Had a frame ready.

[COL Mustard]

3. I'm with you.

But I wouldn't use that in the catbox!

By the way, welcome to DU!

[Marianne W]

7. Thank you!

!

[NBachers]

25. And another welcome to Democratic Underground. I'll keep an eye out for your posts and comments.

[markodochartaigh]

35. "Had a frame ready"

I did too. I even have one of those toilet lights for backlighting when I lower the "frame" to sit on it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. Welcome to DU

[riversedge]

2. Damn!! No mug shot for The Donald. damn

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Yay! No mugshot! No flags / tshirts / billboards / coffee mugs / grifting off the mugshot

He was so wanting a mug shot for fundraising.

And all the merchandise vendors were so wanting a mug shot for sales.

Tough.

[crickets]

34. Thanks for pointing this out.

You and all the other smarties who thought of it -- this just hadn't occurred to me, duh. I am so glad he can't sell more tacky t-shirts and other crap with his lousy face on it. It's worth forgoing the mugshot to deprive him of the whining and the grift. YAY!

[sheshe2]

5. No mug shot?

Ooops, there goes the grift... selling the tee shirts he wanted to print up with his mug shot.

[Rebl2]

10. Likely true

[relayerbob]

31. Yep

A photo of him in cuffs would have too much propaganda value. Save it for the espionage trial.

[Scottie Mom]

6. He should be treated exactly like anyone who if being arraigned for 34 felony counts.

Fingerprint and mug shot. PERIOD

He is no better and not worse than anyone else -- should have the EXACT same treatment!

[Rural_Progressive]

14. Like it or not, he is considered a former president

and until the right wing of this country gets over its fascination with authority figures he's not going to be treated the EXACT same way even if he should be treated more harshly given the actually damage and death he is responsible for causing.

[The Grand Illuminist]

22. Those are reserved for the poor and destitute.

Even if he is guilty, he will still live in comfort while all the other inmates will have to deal with the beatings, killings, and rapings.

[brooklynite]

43. I think you miss the point...

A mug shot is for identification purposes. People have no trouble identifying Trump.

[bluestarone]

49. I somewhat agree with you, BUT

He WOULD make money off it. This i really believe!

[sueh]

50. I agree that he would make money from it...

yet it wouldn't surprise me if he sold merchandise with fake mug shots.

[treestar]

52. agreed though

I guess they don't need it as he is easily identified.

the handcuffs he should have though. There was that rumor of him attacking people in a limo, wasn't there?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. "none of which are misdemeanors"

Shoots down a big talking point of the magats right there.

[FBaggins]

20. Not yet - but we should know soon

The talking point is that it's a single misdemeanor (30+ times over) that has been falsely inflated to a felony by attaching it to a crime that the NY DA can't charge and the feds chose not to.

If true - that would show up as 30+ felonies.

Indeed - there probably can't be any misdemeanors because there's a two-year statute of limitations on those.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Yes, tho re stat-of-limits, they all have been officially extended after Covid "pause", I think

But arrangements and arraignments that reduce litigation and reduce delay by litigation are good things.

[FBaggins]

53. Looks like the charges fit their talking points

Pretty close anyway.

34 essentially identical counts of the same charge - all of which would be misdemeanors that would be outside of the statute of limitations were it not for "with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime"

The indictment doesn't seem to expand on that, but it's almost certainly either campaign finance related (which will be tough to get past the argument that it's a federal crime that DOJ has declined to prosecute) or the intent to hide the dirty laundry from the electorate (which will be hard to prove over alternative explanations like avoiding his wife finding out or hurting his business).

In short - those Democratic analysts who said that the NY charges are likely the weakest of the possible sources of indictments - where probably correct. But the case will probably play out over many months and at least have an impact on the nomination process.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

54. They may be the weakest set, but I think there is a good likelihood of conviction

... and I think there will be convictions in other cases of his.

I read that under NY law there doesn't have to be proof of the other crime, just proof of intent to conceal it (defraud).

"Many months" ... I heard that his next court appearance is ... wait for it ... you will have to anyway ... December.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

55. Further, I think a case could be made, and should be clear law, that being Pres suspends not runs

I think there should be clear law laid down that being President or president suspends the clock on statute of limitation rather than lets it run out.

If you can't indict a sitting president, bogus theory anyway, but if you can't indict while sitting, then you must suspend the clock. The Presidency is not a license to escape prosecution, ... if truly nobody is above the law.

You can't have it both ways.

[dweller]

9. DENIED !

The $$ mug shot …
😀

good



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[kairos12]

11. He always screams about 2 different justice systems.

His "white glove" concierge service is an example.

[ImNotGod]

12. no reason to subject the former president to handcuffs or a mug shot.because he's special

now isn't that special

[Richard D]

13. All over the world . . .

. . . print-on-demand businesses are weeping.

[Ligyron]

15. Oh sure, because he's sooo special isn't he?

Already it starts.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. 1 out of 2 aint bad but i still would have like handcuffs and mugshot.

[TexasTowelie]

17. So will he still have to provide the DNA sample?

It seems like a donation might have some bearing on the upcoming trial involving E. Jean Carroll.

[screamcheese]

33. DNA and EJC

I read that the State of New York requires a DNA swab for their database upon arraignment. I wondered about the E. Jean Caroll case too. She claims to have a sample of his jizz on the dress she wore when he raped her. He has refused to provide DNA for comparison in this case . . .

[Warpy]

18. No need to make this any more of a circus than it already is

and the sooner he's processed out, arraigned, and back to Bedbugminster (or wherever), the better for people who live and work in NYC.

It's not like the cops don't know what he looks like.

[chowmama]

19. I guess I can do without the mug shot

As long as we get fingerprints and DNA.

We'll get the mug shot on the next one.

[Joinfortmill]

21. Too bad, I was looking forward to that mugshot.

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. So, only poor people and minorities

are subject to handcuffs, mugshots, and perp walks?

Got it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. I also want a mug shot and TFG's dna collected

[Hope22]

27. This mental mess will not think he has been charged!

I can hear him saying I didn’t see any handcuffs, what mug shot?. They didn’t even hit my head on the car door!

[TeamProg]

28. Wow! 34 FELONY counts ! Awesome!! nt

[jmowreader]

29. Oh, come on

They can toss him in a holding cell for a couple hours, can’t they? They don’t even have to take him to Rikers. Just Lock Him Up!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

30. I am so happy...

...that they'll be no mug shot. That would be one more reason to have that face everywhere.

[ffr]

32. Justice for

some. Mostly those without connections who are not white.

[Beacool]

36. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.

I read this on another site and it made me LOL.

"I never thought I’d say this, but I owe the GOP an apology. Thoughts and prayers do work."

[D23MIURG23]

37. Thats OK, we still have the insurrection/document theft case, and the GA election fraud case

Maybe we'll get a mugshot in one of those.

[LudwigPastorius]

38. No 24k gold handcuffs?

Bummer

We, as a society, need to rethink the deference we hold for former occupants of the White House.

There's a good line in Band of Brothers in which Major Winters says, "We salute the rank, not the man".

When you are done, and out, you're just another citizen. This must apply to the office of the president as well.

[malthaussen]

39. No reason not to have a mug shot

I'll accept that he's not a flight risk, since he's a damned coward.

-- Mal

[C Moon]

40. Now his MAGAts will claim that it wasn't a real arrest because there was no mug shot.

[nilram]

41. Forget the mug, I want his real height and weight. Darn

[ShazzieB]

42. I wasn't expecting handcuffs, but I was really looking forward to that mug shot. 😕

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I didn't think about the grifting possibilities, though, so I guess this is for the best. Damnit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

44. There will be five photographers and so we will have the equivalent of a mug shot

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[Ray Bruns]

46. FIFY

“concluded that there was no reason to subject the former white rich president to handcuffs or a mug shot.”

[DallasNE]

47. What Will Bail Be Set At?

Recognizance?

For 34 felonies?

We will know how much privilege is granted.

[Brainfodder]

48. Like everything else, I am sure he/they will mock up some real zingers to make liberals cry!

In their demented inane efforts to get jollies by causing pain to others?

They think we have a horrible border crisis with Mexico, meanwhile where is the video proof on the daily of this from actual journalists with integrity still intact? (still a thing?)

[Deminpenn]

51. Judge Merchan was previously

in charge of NY's mental health court prior to his current position per Adam Kaufman, former DA in Manhattan.