The New York authorities are preparing to respond to possible protests in the city in the event that former US President Donald Trump is impeached in the framework of an investigation for the payment of money to silence the porn actress Stormy Daniels.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Secret Service are coordinating to draw up plans after Trump himself said on Saturday that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday and called on his supporters to demonstrate.
This was what several sources told the New York Post this Sunday, according to which There was already a meeting for that purpose and another one is expected tomorrow, Monday.
“We will use all available resources,” an NYPD source assured the newspaper, who recalled that the body has a special unit that is deployed in cases of riots or major events in the city.
Among other measures, the possibility of restricting vehicle access to the Manhattan courthouse where Trump would appear if he is accused or deploying agents inside and outside the building is being discussed.
One of the White House spokesmen, John Kirby, also said this Sunday that although he is not aware that there have been security threats related to Trump’s appeal, the authorities monitor the emergence of eventual protests.
“We always control the situation as best we can. And obviously we don’t want there to be violence, certainly not to the extreme of what we saw on January 6, 2021, he said on Fox, referring to the assault on the Capitol, before which Trump had also urged his supporters to demonstrate. against the results of the elections in which he was defeated by Biden.
For now, the District Attorney’s Office has not confirmed that charges will be filed against the former president, whose messages talking about an arrest on Tuesday, according to his close circle, are based on press information.
This Sunday, Trump returned to the charge and accused his successor, Joe Biden, of being involved in the investigation, that has been going on for five years for the alleged payment of $130,000 dollars to the porn actress Stormy Daniels allegedly in exchange for her silence about a sexual relationship during the electoral campaign that ended up taking him to the White House in 2017
“Biden wants to pretend he has nothing to do with the Manhattan District Attorney’s assault on democracy when, in fact, he has ‘filled’ the prosecutor’s office with people from the Department of Justice,” he said on his social network, Truth Social. , the same one from which he announced his eventual arrest on Saturday and from which he urged the protest.
As The New York Times published this Sunday, the grand jury in charge of this case is expected to vote soon whether or not to indict Trump.
Before that, the newspaper points out, this Monday he could listen to the testimony of the lawyer Robert J. Costello, who would appear at the request of the defense to try to undermine the credibility of the one who is called to be the main witness for the Prosecutor’s Office, the former lawyer for TrumpMichael Cohen.
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Source: La Opinion
