This is not how Donald Trump expected to return to the city, a symbol of world power, which he always wanted to conquer. This Tuesday they closed for him Fifth Avenue and the ring road that surrounds the Big Apple, for a historic 20-minute journey that began on the escalators of Trump Tower and ended in the heart of the courts. “This is surreal, WOW, are they going to arrest me?” he wrote on Truth Social just before coming out. It was as if until the last moment he had been waiting for the nightmare to go away. “I can’t believe this is happening in the US!”
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For someone obsessed with the symbols of greatness and power, his first criminal charge, at 76 years of age, is not exactly the golden line with which he hoped to crown his biography from the son of immigrants in Queens to president of the United States. Much as his political survival depends on raising his fist, his fingerprints are no longer with the rich and famous he always wanted to rub shoulders with, but with the two or three million criminals the New York State Criminal Court files each year. .
To facilitate the first indictment of a former US president, the Lower Manhattan courts on Tuesday canceled all other cases. Immigrants, picture thieves, murderers, arms dealers… They all saw their appointments postponed so as not to cross the path of someone “so rich and powerful” that Braulio Cuenca, a humble Ecuadorian photographer, never expected to see enter number 100 Center Street. On these steps, he sets up his wedding photography stand every day for the couples who enter the court to seal their love to pose. This Tuesday they continued to arrive, oblivious to the anthill of the international press and protesters who invaded the block like a mob. “Trump? I had heard something, but what was I going to do, this is more important to me,” said Evelyn Martínez, a Peruvian looking for her marriage license.
Supporters and detractors of the former president demonstrate in Manhattan.
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50 years of suspicions
70’s.
They accuse Trump and his father of discriminating against blacks by renting apartments in New York. They had to run ads promising to end the practice.80s.
Justice is investigating whether Trump handed over apartments in Trump Tower to figures related to organized crime who could help him obtain casino licenses.90’s.
New Jersey regulators conclude that it “cannot be considered financially stable” but extend its gaming license to protect jobs at its Atlantic City casinos.Years 2000.
Securities authorities cite one of Trump’s casinos for downplaying the negative results in the reports.Years 2010.
New York sues Trump, alleging his university defrauded more than 5,000 people.
She was preparing for the most important day of her life, unaware that her wedding anniversary will go down in history as the day democracy died, according to Trump supporters, or the day it came to its senses, according to those who came to celebrate. . Just a few hundred on each side, because most New Yorkers chose to ignore the traffic jam and go about their business as usual. Regardless of opinion, it was “a pathetic day,” said former Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich, who lost the conservative party’s presidential nomination to Trump in 2016 and has been one of his internal opponents ever since. Kasich raised his hands to his head with the media circus that has avidly followed in his footsteps since he left his Mar-a-Lago mansion on Monday to fly on his private plane to New York, where he has only spent one night. “Was it necessary to have the cameras trained on the door for hours waiting for the moment it would show up?” he asked MSNBC.
Most of his fellow Republicans, he said, “just want this to go away.” Trump’s lawyers too. “We are going to dissect the document with the charges and present one motion after another,” Joe Tacopina, the most badass of the team, who gives voice to his boss before the cameras, told CNN. The night before, the tycoon had added to his defense a lawyer specializing in white-collar crimes like the ones he faces. Former prosecutor Todd Blance will work closely with Susan Necheles, the attorney specializing in representing companies and individuals under investigation for fraud.
Trump waves to the crowd gathered in front of the court.
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During the 20-minute hearing, the former president learned this Tuesday in court of the 34 charges of which he is accused, related to the way in which he masked the payments of $130,000 to the porn actress Stormy Daniels, which one week before the 2016 elections, he threatened to derail his campaign by telling the media about the alleged affair he had with him in 2009. That misdemeanor would have expired after two years if Trump had not lived in the White House for 4 consecutive years and then moved his residence to Florida. Only if the defendant has continuously lived out of state for the first five years can the term of the offense be extended. However, it will be one of the resources used by the defense to request the dismissal of the case.
accounting fraud
Prosecutor Alvin Bragg, an African-American who has already been the target of racist attacks by Trump, is a methodical man who would not have brought charges if he was not clear that he can defend them. Hence, the minor offense of accounting fraud has become a felony, considering that it was committed as the basis of a larger conspiracy.
“This is surreal. I can’t believe this is happening in America!”
Donald Trump
Ex leader
«I will follow the news when I have a moment, but this is not a priority for me»
Joe Biden
US President
This is a stain on our republic. May God be with President Trump.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene
republican congresswoman
In the streets there was no “death and destruction”, as Trump had predicted when he wanted to stir up the waters. The occasion was perfect for professional troublemakers like Estefan Pérez, 30, who yesterday was demonstrating against the media and “whatever is going on,” he added bluntly. “I used to protest against Trump, but now I join him.” And when did that change occur? “Since I stopped watching the news,” he specified.
Media deployment and surveillance reinforced by the presence of the tycoon.
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Few times had he enjoyed as much attention with his banners as the one he received this Tuesday from the hungry cloud of national and international journalists eager to feed the news cycle. It was stolen by Congressman Jamaal Bowman, who was also taking advantage of the spotlight to distribute his catechism on racial and social equality. “This is a historic day for the United States. Until now the weight of justice fell on blacks, browns and poor. Today the rich and powerful are also accountable.
Donald Trump will spend the next two years embroiled in this and perhaps other court cases making their way through courts in Washington DC and Georgia. It will be difficult for the one in New York to put him in jail, and even if this happened he could still win elections and even govern from a cell. For his followers, with Michelle Bramlett, 61, who had driven with her daughter and son-in-law for two hours to support him in this drink, he will always be a martyr who has stood between the dark forces of the “deep state” and the freedom of their people. “I never thought this day would come,” he acknowledged, “but I’m not worried about the outcome. God always wins.”