Donald Trump heads to New York on Monday to appear in court on Tuesday to be formally informed that he has been charged with a criminal offense in the case of paying a porn star to buy her silence, in an unprecedented event for a former US president.

The 76-year-old Republican could become the first sitting or former president to be charged with a felony, on the cusp of the presidential election Trump seeks to run in 2024.

Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg, whose office belongs to New York State, formally charged the former president, who aspires to return to the White House in the 2024 elections, in the case of paying $130,000 to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels , whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to buy her silence before the presidential elections. In November 2016.

Aides say Trump will leave his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on Monday to leave for New York to "turn himself in."

There, as part of the expected procedures for criminal indictment, the former US president will be subject to the usual detention procedures by taking his fingerprints and taking his picture, which may lead to one of the most famous criminal photographs in modern times.
Trump is expected to make public remarks Tuesday evening at 8:15 a.m. from Fla.

Trump, who aspires to return to the White House, denounced the "false and shameful" accusation, which he considered to have been orchestrated by the Democrats before the presidential campaign.

Trump described the prosecutions against him as a "campaign of persecution", criticizing the judge assigned to consider them.

And in New York, New York City police were put on "alert" ahead of Trump's court appearance.

And the New York City police, which includes 36,000 policemen and 19,000 civilians, ordered all its members and officers to spread out in their uniforms on public roads for a week, according to police sources who spoke to NBC.

There was little information about the expected judicial procedures Tuesday in Manhattan, where police and law enforcement agencies are preparing for protest and counter-demonstrations.

On Sunday, Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, dismissed the charges against his client, describing them as a scenario in "a world turned upside down."

"It is a case of political persecution," the lawyer told CNN.

"Honestly, I don't know how it's going to go, I hope it goes as smoothly as possible," Tacubina said, noting that he expects to be better informed on Monday.

Trump's lawyer said that he does not expect his client to be forced to appear handcuffed in front of the media, noting that the former president will be under the protection of the Secret Service, which is usually charged with protecting the president.

He hoped things would go "as smoothly as possible."

But Takupina confirmed that Trump is preparing for confrontation.

The main witness in the file is Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who became his sworn enemy, and who paid the amount to Stormy Daniels in 2016 and was later repaid to him.

This is not the only issue Trump faces.

There is the issue of the attack launched by a mob of his supporters on the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

Among the most prominent cases haunting the forty-fifth president of the United States are the accusations leveled against him of exerting pressure on those responsible for the election process in the state of Georgia in 2020, and an investigation regarding his handling of the White House archives.

Joe Biden is one of the few who remained silent in this regard, and the Democratic president, who has not yet officially launched his candidacy campaign for a second term, is certain that any comment he makes will serve as a weapon for the Republican billionaire, confirming his theory about the politicization of the judiciary.

Republicans have banded together around Trump for the presidency, victimizing him in their interviews, tweets and statements. Among them is his opponent for the Republican nomination, Ron DeSantis, who denounced charges that "contradict America's values."

But Republican Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of the state of Arkansas in the south of the United States, who announced his candidacy Sunday for the Republican primaries to run for the presidential race, raised serious questions about such a strategy, calling on Trump to withdraw from the race.

"First and foremost, the office is more important than any individual. So, for the sake of the presidential office, I think this (indictment) will be a huge distraction for him and he should be able to focus on the judicial process," the former governor said.