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The former US president is now making his way to Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he will spend the night before attending court on Tuesday. The exact charges he ...

Mr Trump waved at supporters as he walked into the tower under tight security, just after 16:15 local time (20:15 GMT). His lawyers have already said he will plead not guilty. Dozens of media crews had set up camp on every available corner while at least five news helicopters hovered high over Fifth Avenue.

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York late Monday afternoon ahead of his court appearance in Manhattan the following day.

It will be a return to the normal schedule for the former president, which has included evening dinners with family and associates, as well as golfing at his nearby clubs. He’ll give a speech in mid-April at the National Rifle Association conference in Indianapolis, but there are no other major events on his calendar. The former president’s motorcade arrived at Trump Tower, in Midtown, shortly after. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office “Have you looked at your 401K?” asked Vito Dichiara. The former president will stay the night in his penthouse at Trump Tower before heading to the courthouse on Tuesday morning, according to

The former President's indictment in Manhattan means the reprieve from his dominance of American media is officially over. Will it be any better this time?

On Monday, as I watched Trump’s private plane touch down at LaGuardia—and then his motorcade wend its way on the Grand Central Parkway toward Manhattan—that moment came back to me; the Trump reprieve is officially over. The Times [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/us/politics/trump-pending-indictment.html) that Trump was mulling whether to smile for the cameras. There’s the political angle: Trump is fund-raising off of the indictment, and Republicans are calling the prosecutorial work of Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, politically motivated. The Manhattan grand jury’s indictment is a complex story, and an early test of whether the media has learned any lessons about how to healthily metabolize a Trump news cycle. The idea is to hold officials to account, even after a news cycle is over. There were the reports on his ever-changing moods, staff turnover in the White House, and the occasional moments when Trump “met the basic standards of his office, especially when a teleprompter has been involved.” In particular, Allsop and Vernon called out the “interminable bloviating on the part of a Mueller-industrial complex of cable-news prosecutors and pundits.” Insert any other Trump-era scandal in that sentence and you’ll conjure up the cottage industry of roundtables and op-eds each inspired. The problem is that we were applying this old standard to a candidate who was exploiting it for his own purposes—while seeking to undermine democracy itself.” An Axios [graphic](https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/the-insane-news-cycle-of-trumps-presidency-in-1-chart-1513305658) from September, 2017—“The insane news cycle of Trump’s presidency in 1 chart”—is a helpful reminder of that era. [imminent](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/trolled-by-trump-again), the country has been in thrall to a familiar phenomenon: the frantic Trump news cycle. [look back](https://www.cjr.org/special_report/coverage-trump-presidency-2020-election.php) for the Columbia Journalism Review, from October, 2020, Jon Allsop and Pete Vernon outlined the common categories of a Trump story. Most of the country was just plain burned out on news following the Trump Presidency. [potential indictments](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/03/how-republicans-are-handling-trumps-possible-indictment) mean the country is about to be deluged with Trump news: a jarring prospect, given that the past two years provided a relative reprieve from the former President’s antics.

Police in New York have erected barricades along pavements around Trump Tower and the Manhattan criminal court building, with demonstrations expected.

[The key figures in the Trump hush money case - including ex-Playboy model](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-indicted-the-key-figures-in-the-hush-money-case-including-ex-playboy-model-12846224) [Media launch bid to allow cameras in court for Trump hearing](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-media-launch-bid-to-allow-cameras-in-court-for-ex-us-presidents-hearing-12848126) [Stormy Daniels says indictment will cause 'violence and death'](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-says-legal-process-will-spark-violence-injuries-and-death-12846685) [Trump's 'knees don't buckle' and he will not take plea deal, lawyer says](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trumps-knees-dont-buckle-and-he-will-not-take-a-plea-deal-in-face-of-criminal-charges-says-lawyer-12846393) [launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-announces-he-will-run-to-become-us-president-again-in-2024-12741322), aiming to deny Democratic President [Joe Biden](https://news.sky.com/topic/joe-biden-7848) a second term in office. He added that Trump's lawyers will "dissect" the indictment once it is made public and will look at "every potential issue" to challenge. Trump has said he is innocent and he and his allies have portrayed the charges as politically motivated. "Officers have been placed on alert and the department remains ready to respond as needed and will ensure everyone is able to peacefully exercise their rights," the New York Police Department said in a statement. The arraignment, which refers to the formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant, marks Trump's first appearance in court and first in front of a judge in the case. The former president is due to be back at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, at 8.15pm local time on Tuesday (1.15am UK time on Wednesday) [Stormy Daniels](https://news.sky.com/topic/stormy-daniels-8033) allegedly made in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign. The case is set to be heard at 2.15pm US time (7.15pm UK time) but it is thought it could take place earlier. The 76-year-old will appear at the Manhattan court at 6.30am local time (11.30am UK time) on Tuesday. Donald Trump is set to appear at a court in Manhattan for his arraignment over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress before the 2016 election. [Trump](https://news.sky.com/topic/donald-trump-5711), the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed this morning.