Former President Donald Trump was arrested Tuesday after being charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office for his alleged involvement in paying hush money to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
The former president has called the Manhattan investigation a “political Witch-Hunt trying to take down the leading candidate, by far, in the Republican Party.” And more recently, he urged his supporters to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK” in posts on his Truth Social platform.
The former president is separately under investigation for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. And a grand jury in Georgia has examined evidence of Trump’s 2020 election interference in that state, though the outcome of that inquiry has yet to be made public.
Still, some photos of the former president arriving at the courthouse did showcase the moments before he was in custody, followed by his courtroom appearance during which he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts.
