In an unusual precedent in the United States , former US President Donald Trump appeared before the Manhattan Criminal Court at exactly 2:27 pm on Tuesday and entered the courtroom without stopping in front of the media cameras, where he was given a criminal number, and to say before the judiciary if he was "guilty." Or "not guilty", as his lawyers argued that the former president is not guilty of all thirty-four charges, after the judge, Wan Mirshan, asked him if he understood the nature of the charges against him and the accused Trump responded in the affirmative.

The court session, which lasted for a full hour, was held after Trump officially surrendered, his fingerprints and other information were taken, and he was stripped of his mobile phone, without handcuffing him or holding him in a cell before he was charged after a frontal and side (profile) picture of his face was taken according to US laws. . The indictment against Trump was also announced at the time of his trial, which listed 34 charges against him, including criminal offenses, and falsifying business records.

According to US law, the accused is innocent until proven guilty. Under state law, Trump did not need to post bail.

Thus, the first summons for the accused, Donald Trump, was completed, which is the first appearance of the accused before a judge, after charges were brought against him, where he was informed in this hearing of the charges against him and his legal rights, and his right to remain silent and that anything he says may be used against him, and to appoint a lawyer for him It's paid for by the New York City government, if he can't afford it.

Trump surrendered to Manhattan authorities after a historic indictment of 34 reported felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, 76, entered Manhattan Criminal Court just after 1:20 p.m. (Tuesday), which was cleared of all persons prior to his arrival. and put him under arrest. Before entering the court, Trump, who is running an election campaign to win the US presidency again in the 2024 elections, said in a tweet on the social networking platform founded by "Truth Social": "I can't believe this is happening in America."

The Secret Service (police) drew in advance a plan for Trump's entry and exit from the Manhattan court, where they determined the plan for his exit from his apartment in "Trump Tower" and his going to the court, entering it and protecting him, in a way that is not visible to the public, as the former president used a private elevator to go to the fifteenth floor.

The judge in the case had decided that news cameras or electronic devices such as cell phones and laptops would not be allowed in the courtroom — though it remains unclear whether reporters watching the hearing from overflow rooms could get electronics and share updates. - So it will not be possible to watch the hearing live, and updates will likely be available once it is over.

News organizations were able to take pictures of a few minutes in the courtroom before the start of the hearing, which lasted only 15 minutes, and they took pictures of him in the accusing bench.

The charges against Trump are expected to carry up to four years in prison if convicted, though a law enforcement official cited by Yahoo News indicated that Trump was unlikely to face jail time as a first-time felon.

After being charged Trump was not held at all, under New York's new bail rules, in which people charged with nonviolent misdemeanors or felonies on their personal recognizance are released without bail unless they are deemed to have committed a crime. The trip is risky. Experts pointed out that it will then likely take months - at least - before the case is brought to trial, as criminal cases in Manhattan usually take more than a year to bring to trial.

Trump was indicted by a grand jury last Thursday as part of a years-long investigation by the Manhattan district attorney's office into the practices of the former president and the Trump Organization, becoming the first former or current president to face criminal charges.

The charges relate to Trump reimbursing his former attorney Michael Cohen for $130,000 paid to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign to cover up an alleged affair. Which could be a felony in New York if another crime is covered up. The Manhattan DA's office initially opened an investigation into the silent payments in 2019 before expanding its investigation to take a broader look at the Trump Organization's financial dealings, leading to the company's conviction. and former CFO Allen Weisselberg on charges of tax fraud.

Any new revelations from Trump's Manhattan trial are unlikely to calm the ex-president's angry supporters who crowded the streets as he made his way to the airport in Florida, where he boarded his private jet, and the streets of New York after he landed and dozens of other American cities.

Supporters and enemies of the former president gathered in a park in lower Manhattan near the courthouse before the 76-year-old Trump appeared, and a small but boisterous group of protesters started from both ends as supporters of the 45th president carried signs reading "Trump or die" while Opponents faced signs saying "Lock him up" and "Confirmed" — a reference to how Trump misspelled a post on his Truth Social social media platform.

According to experts, the flimsy case — built on a somewhat untested legal theory linking campaign finance violations to alleged bribes to a porn actress for her silence — may only result in further outrage among the American right.

And with other investigations continuing, Trump faces the possibility of more than one criminal indictment against him this year. For many Americans, this is the embodiment of his unique record of behavior and approach to governance, as well as a sign that "the American system is able to ensure that no one is above the law," according to experts. Although this is a historic event in itself in the United States, there are many precedents for holding former leaders responsible for abuse of power and corruption in many democratic countries in the world.

But for Trump sympathizers, both in the United States and elsewhere, the unprecedented indictment of a former US president represents nothing more than a "witch hunt" — an event that could herald political violence and the further disintegration of democratic norms.

On this point, Washington Post columnists Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman said, referring to Republican hardliners, that “the underlying position here is that the price of social peace is absolute impunity for Trump; the insistence that Trump must remain above the law – no matter what. Whatever his fault — permeates all of these Republican responses."

Abroad, support for Trump has come from familiar corners. On Monday morning, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on Twitter a photo of himself holding hands with the former president outside the White House — two illiberal nationalist leaders — with the message: "Keep fighting, Mr. President! We're with you."

Orban is admired among the American right precisely because he has turned his country's political system in his favour, subjugating the judiciary, co-opting an independent press and weakening civil society.