Police have thrown up metal barriers around Trump Tower and blocked roads near Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, Reuters reports.
New York police brace for a potential protest ahead of former president Donald Trump’s expected surrender to prosecutors on Tuesday.
Police have thrown up metal barriers around Trump Tower and blocked roads near Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, Reuters reports.
The former president is due to be arraigned at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon, after his indictment in a grand jury probe over hush money paid to a porn star. He is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges.
Trump has described the probe as a political witch-hunt, and top supporters, including Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, say they will go to New York on Tuesday to protest. The downtown courthouse, home to criminal and supreme courts, will shut down some courtrooms ahead of Trump's expected appearance, a court official said.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said there were no credible threats to the city.
Some social media users have called for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the jury that indicted Trump to be executed, according to Site Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremism.
After Trump falsely claimed he won the last election, his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, sparking a deadly riot.