Donald Trump Indictment Live Updates: Donald Trump's indictment over hush money throws 2024 race into uncharted territory

Former US President Donald Trump will appear in court in New York on Tuesday afternoon, a court spokesperson has confirmed.

Trump was asked to surrender on Friday but his lawyers said the Secret Service needed additional time as they made security preparations.

Donald Trump expected to surrender early next week

Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, is set to face a mug shot, finger-printing and a court appearance next week after being indicted over a probe into hush money paid to a porn star in an historic U.S. first.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg became the first prosecutor in US history to charge a former or sitting president when he filed his indictment against Donald Trump. The 49-year-old Democrat is no stranger to landmark moments: he is the first Black Manhattan DA, winning election to the post in November 2021.

Former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City on Thursday on criminal charges arising from alleged hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a scandal ahead of the 2016 US election. Daniels has said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, the year after he married his third wife Melania and more than a decade before the businessman-turned-politician - at the time known for a popular reality TV show - became president. Trump has denied the relationship and has said the payment was made to stop her "false and extortionist accusations."

The unprecedented indictment comes as the Republican faces other legal investigations and launches a bid to return to the White House in 2024.

Donald Trump was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star who has said she had a sexual relationship with him, a law enforcement source said, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges.

Will Donald Trump be extradited?

A spokesperson for the district attorney's office said it wasn't immediately clear when Trump would be arraigned. “This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which remains under seal. Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected," the statement said. Florida Governor DeSantis said in his tweet that Florida will not assist in an extradition request for Trump.

Donald Trump will try to turn his indictment to his advantage by stoking anger among core supporters over what they see as the weaponization of the justice system, though it may also push more Republicans tired of the drama around him to look for another presidential candidate.

Indian-American Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy have claimed that former US president Donald Trump's indictment in a criminal case was about "revenge" and said it was a "dark day" in the history of the country.

Trump's lawyer vows fight

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told Fox News that he had spoken with Trump, who he said is “ready to fight.” He said details about an arraignment on Tuesday were “not finalized.” Tacopina said he first learned of the indictment from The New York Times. He surmised that the number of counts could be tied to the number of checks written from the account in question.

Stormy Daniels is a onetime porn star who has approached her growing role in US political history with character and wit -- though her feud with Donald Trump has come with a price.

Washington-watchers were laser-focused on the effect on Trump's third bid for the White House -- as Republicans united in denouncing his indictment as a politically motivated attempt to derail his campaign. But Trump supporters and critics alike have voiced doubts over the legal merits of the case, which turns on whether the payment to Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election counted as an illicit contribution to his campaign. Detractors worry that if Trump were cleared -- the Democrat John Edwards defeated a similar prosecution in 2012 -- it could make it easier to cast any future indictment as a "witch hunt."

Democrats cite the rule of law

Democrats, meanwhile, said if Trump broke the law, he should face charges like any American. Rep. Adam Schiff, the California Democrat, said in a tweet: “The indictment of a former president is unprecedented. But so too is the unlawful conduct in which Trump has been engaged.”

Donald Trump calls it a witch hunt

Minutes after the indictment was announced Thursday, Trump released a lengthy statement calling it the next step in a campaign from the left "to destroy the Make America Great Again movement.” “The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable — indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference," Trump's statement said. Trump accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of “doing Joe Biden’s dirty work, ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on.”

Senior Republicans in Congress and the party's 2024 White House hopefuls rallied behind former President Donald Trump after he was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments to a porn star, calling the charges a weaponization of the justice system by Democrats. Republicans' ferocious response to the indictment on Thursday reflected the grip Trump still holds on the party and many of its voters as he seeks a return to the White House in the 2024 presidential election.

In July 2006, real estate tycoon and reality television star Donald Trump met an adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.On Thursday, that meeting culminated in the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the United States.

Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is expected to become one of them as early as next week.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned as early as Tuesday, according to his defense attorney Joe Tacopina.

Prosecutor confirms Trump indictment, says coordinating 'surrender'

A New York prosecutor on Thursday confirmed the indictment of former president Donald Trump, and his office said the Republican's lawyers have been contacted to "coordinate his surrender... for arraignment.""Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected," a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement, adding that the indictment is still sealed.

The Manhattan investigation is one of several legal challenges facing Trump.

The charges could hurt his presidential comeback attempt, as the mug shot from his arraignment and any visuals from his courtroom appearances could provide fodder for rivals. Trump could use the case to stoke anger among his core supporters, though other Republican voters might tire of the drama.

Shortly after, Trump appealed to supporters to provide money for a legal defense. He has raised over $2 million, according to his campaign, since he incorrectly predicted on March 18 that he would be arrested four days later.

The charges will likely be unsealed by a judge in the coming days. Trump will have to travel to Manhattan for fingerprinting and other processing at that point.

"This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history," he said, providing no evidence.

The specific charges are not yet known and the indictment will likely be unsealed by a judge in the coming days. Trump will have to travel to Manhattan for fingerprinting and other processing at that point.

The charges, arising from an investigation led by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, could reshape the 2024 presidential race. Trump previously said he would continue campaigning for the Republican Party's nomination if charged with a crime.

In a statement, Trump said he was "completely innocent."

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House.