I’m going, believe it or not, to court. Two days before knowing the exact charges against him, Donald Trump announced this Sunday on his social network Truth social that he would leave his residence in Florida this Monday at noon to arrive in New York and appear before a court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
“I am leaving Mar-a-Lago Monday at noon and heading to Trump Tower in New York. Tuesday morning I am going, believe it or not, to court. America was not meant to be this way!” he wrote. the former US president.
Donald Trump is a defendant in a case involving a $130,000 payment made to The X star Stormy Daniels in 2016. His lawyers said they were confident the case would be thrown out by a judge as flawed.
A unique ritual for a former American head of state
The charges against him are expected to be formally delivered in Manhattan court on Tuesday. The summons must give rise to an unprecedented ritual for a former US head of state: the billionaire must declare his name, age, profession, submit to fingerprinting and be photographed, as everyone warned.
A few hours earlier, he had announced that he would speak on Tuesday night from his residence in Florida after his visit to New York.
Source: BFM TV
