Former president donald trump announced he would be speaking from his home in Florida just hours after his New York court appearance.
“President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 8:15 p.m. EDT,” a statement read. released by the former president on Sunday.
The planned remarks will come shortly after Trump’s scheduled appearance at a Manhattan Courtroom for his arraignment at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, a process expected to take less than an hour.
Former President Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Subsequently, the former president plans to fly to its florida home to deliver his remarks, though experts say it’s still unclear what Trump will say about how the case unfolds.
Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who is expected to oversee the impeachment, may decide to impose conditions on Trump’s release following the proceedings, which will “most likely” include a gag order. which would prevent him from discussing the case publicly.
“I think it’s not just a possibility, but it’s extremely likely that there will be a gag in the case,” Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor, told Insider on Friday.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg (Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images)
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Levin said Trump may be “very limited” in what he is able to say, a reality that could hamper Trump’s goal of politically capitalizing on the case.
“This is now a criminal case, so the rules have changed, and the rules are no longer in his purview,” Levin said. “He’s a criminal defendant and, you know, every day we see hundreds of thousands of criminal defendants across the country having a lot of rights taken away from him and now he’s part of that. This process is going to change his life. . .”
Trump’s planned remarks will come shortly after the former president is due to appear in a Manhattan courtroom for his arraignment on Tuesday. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)
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Expenses against Trump, which are currently under seal, should be linked to alleged “silent” payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election and how the payments were tallied.