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US police forces on alert ahead of possible Trump arrest
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 03 - 2023

Police in major US cities are preparing for potential unrest in case ex-President Donald Trump is arrested this week as part of a hush-money inquiry.
Authorities in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are ramping up their law enforcement presence.
A Manhattan prosecutor may charge Trump over claims that he paid a porn star to keep quiet about the affair they allegedly had.
It would be the first criminal case brought against a former US president.
Steel barricades were being erected on Monday outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, where Trump could be charged, fingerprinted and photographed if charges are filed this week, as US media widely anticipate.
Increased police presence has also been seen outside Trump Tower in the city.
Every member of the New York Police Department (NYPD), including plainclothes detectives, has been ordered to wear their full uniform on Tuesday and is being placed on standby to mobilize, a police source told CBS, the BBC's US partner.
The NYPD and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force have been in touch with the US Secret Service, whose job it is to protect presidents and former presidents, about how a potential arrest might take place.
Capitol Police, who protect lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, plan to issue an emergency declaration on Tuesday, a congressional source told CBS.
The order aims to increase co-ordination with other law enforcement agencies.
More civil disturbance officers will also be on standby, though the congressional source said there was no specific threat and that the order was proactive.
In Los Angeles, the LAPD and federal officials were preparing for a pro-Trump protest on Tuesday outside a federal building, the LA Times newspaper reports.
US intelligence officials have detected an uptick in online threats against legal and government officials since Trump wrote online on Saturday that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, according to CBS.
Most of the threats were against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the man widely expected to file charges against Trump.
On Saturday, the same day Mr Trump posted that his supporters should protest, Bragg sent an email to staff.
"We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York," the prosecutor wrote.
The grand jury has been set up by Bragg to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict Trump.
The Stormy Daniels case centres on how Trump reimbursed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, after he paid Ms Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet ahead of the 2016 presidential election about an alleged affair years earlier with Trump. The former president has denied any such relationship with Ms Daniels.
Prosecutors could argue this amounts to Trump falsifying business records. That is a misdemeanor in New York, though it could be upgraded to a felony, a more serious case, legal analysts say.
The Secret Service agents assigned to protect Trump will stay with him during any arrest, reports NBC.
Other US media say there will be no perp walk - when a handcuffed suspect is publicly marched by officers to face charges.
In the latest hearing in the grand jury investigation on Monday, a Trump legal ally testified to push back against evidence provided by a key prosecution witness.
Robert Costello sought to discredit Cohen, who claims the former president was aware of the hush-money payment to Ms Daniels.
Costello told reporters after emerging from two hours of testimony: "I told the grand jury that this guy [Cohen] couldn't tell the truth if you put a gun to his head."
Costello claimed Cohen had once told him that Mr Trump was not aware of the payment to Ms Daniels.
In an interview with MSNBC, Cohen hit back, saying that Costello, who used to be his legal adviser, "lacks any sense of veracity".
Trump has vowed to continue his campaign to become the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election if he is indicted.
But 44% of Republicans said he should drop out of the presidential race if charged, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Monday. — BBC


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