Trump enters courtroom for unprecedented arraignment
Former President Donald Trump has entered a Manhattan courtroom for an unprecedented arraignment.
Trump didn't speak to the press as he headed into the courtroom at 2:28 p.m., nearly one hour after he entered the courthouse at 1:23 p.m.
In this April 4, 2023, file photo, former President Donald Trump arrives at court in New York.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was brought into the courtroom before him, escorted in under the protection of officers.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, far right, passes through a hallway outside the courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
Mary Altaffer/AP
Apr 04, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT
Trump processed, fingerprints taken
Former President Donald Trump has been processed as a criminal defendant, including having his fingerprints taken.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and John Santucci
Apr 04, 2023, 1:38 PM EDT
Trump posts while en route to court: 'Can't believe this is happening'
Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social while on his way to the Manhattan courthouse, saying that it "seems so SURREAL."
"WOW, they are going to ARREST ME," he wrote. "Can't believe this is happening in America. MAGA!"
Former President Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower, on the day of his planned court appearance after his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, April 4, 2023.
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-ABC News' Will Steakin
Apr 04, 2023, 1:35 PM EDT
Trump surrenders
Former President Donald Trump has surrendered at court in lower Manhattan for arraignment on criminal charges.
He traveled in a black SUV with his Secret Service detail. His two lawyers, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles, were in another SUV.
The motorcade passed a man holding a sign reading, "No one is above the law."
Although the document remains sealed, sources familiar told ABC News that Trump has been charged with around two dozen counts, including felonies.
A person holds a sign that reads 'Trump Exposed' at a protest in Collect Pond Park across the street from the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York, April 4, 2023.
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Still cameras will be permitted inside the courtroom to take photos before the hearing begins, but Judge Juan Merchan has barred video cameras from the proceedings.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to address the media after Trump's arraignment.
Police stand between supporters of former President Donald Trump and counter-protesters who are being kept apart outside of the Manhattan Criminal Court before his arraignment, April 4, 2023, in New York City.