Trump is angry at the DA for releasing felony charges against himself.
Key Highlights :
1. Former President Donald Trump called for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to resign or "indict himself" after the charges against him leaked on Monday.
2. Trump will be charged with 34 felony counts of falsification of business records, a source briefed on the arraignment plans told Yahoo News reporter Michael Isikoff.
3. None of the charges are misdemeanors.
4. Trump will be placed under arrest and be informed of the charges against him when he enters the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, the source told Isikoff.
5. A New York City police arrest report summarizing the charges will then be entered into the court system before Trump is led into a courtroom and formally arraigned.
6. Related, "It can lead to additional charges": Experts say Trump's plan to "rough up" DA could badly backfire.
7. Trump will not be put in handcuffs and will not be placed in a jail cell, the source said.
8. He is also not expected to be subjected to a mug shot after the DA's office, which has been in contact with Secret Service and court officials, determined there was no reason for a mug shot.
9. All of the charges against Trump are Class E felonies, the lowest level of felonies in New York state, according to the report.
10. While falsification of business records can be charged as a misdemeanor, it can be bumped up to a felony if it was intended to conceal another crime.
11. The felony carries up to four years in prison but "no one gets jail time for that as a first offender," a New York law enforcement official told Yahoo News.
12. The evidence that escalated the charges remains sealed and will not be released until the indictment is unsealed when Trump is arraigned.
13. It is believed to be linked to the 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
14. Trump took to Truth Social to lash out over the report.
15. "Wow! District Attorney Bragg just illegally LEAKED the various points, and complete information, on the pathetic Indictment against me," Trump claimed without any evidence that Bragg had anything to do with the leak.
16. "I know the reporter and so, unfortunately, does he. This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED. Now, if he wants to really clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing and, as District Attorney, INDICT HIMSELF. He will go down in Judicial history, and his Trump Hating wife will be, I am sure, very proud of him!"
17. "D.A. BRAGG JUST ILLEGALLY LEAKED THE 33 points of Indictment," Trump wrote in a subsequent post.
18. Trump, who has repeatedly attacked
President Donald Trump was enraged on social media after reports surfaced that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to record the president.
"This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED," Trump raged on his social media site. "This is a total disgrace and must be investigated immediately."
Trump is right to be outraged. This is a clear attempt by Rosenstein to undermine the president. If he is not immediately removed from his position, the American people will be outraged.
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