new york, he will be the first former president to appear i court as a criminaldefendant nbc news has learned that he s facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. they stem from manhattan da, alvin bragg, s investigation into the hush money paymen made to adult film actress stormy daniels now, trump s indictment is expected to remain sealed unti tuesday afternoon. that s when he s scheduled t turn himself in for an arraignment. today, we are getting ne details on how the dramati moment will unfold the former president wil arrive in new york city monday night on tuesday around 1 pm he will be driven from trump tower to the courthouse. as of now, the former presiden will not be handcuffed photographed for a mugshot, no placed in a holding cell however, he will b fingerprinted. trump s lawyer, making clear h intends to fight the charges - hold up in mar-a-lago, so we will fix this and we will be successful, i m sure president trump will not take plea deal in this case,
Brag a pretty smart and game where he really, really kept things under wraps, in a professional way and that, at least, you know for a professional prosecution going forward. i don t think we will know exactly why it was a surprise. understood. so hugo, i know a couple weeks ago, you reported that trump wanted to be handcuffed, wante to make a spectacle of his arrest now that his arraignment i imminent, does he still want t be handcuffed in public? what are you hearing on that yeah, it s difficult to get a sense of what trump feels at this moment. you know, his mood has fluctuated in recent weeks he s gone from real ange towards the fact that he was going to get indicted, to this resignation that if he was going to get indicted than, yo know, might as well come to ne york and he wanted to be handcuffed, and he was ver specific to aids about, yo know, he wanted his hand behind his back and so he coul project hang on a second. wait, wait he wanted his hands behind his back