He's already been indicted. "Indicted" means, "A grand jury has decided there is enough evidence to send this case to trial."
On Tuesday, he's being arraigned. "Arraigned" means you have to appear in court to formally hear the charges against you - the charges that the grand jury decided were worth pursuing - and be fingerprinted and mug-shotted.
If they feel like it, you can be arrested and held in jail until the trial. It looks like Trump will be released (probably with monster bail) to return to Florida but I would put nothing past them.
He shouldn't have to post bail. NY state law says that any nonviolent felony offender is released on their own recognizance unless they're a flight risk. It should happen that- he's arrested, the judge reads the charges during the arraignment, he pleads not guilty, he's released until his next court date.
Is everyone who is arraigned automatically arrested? I honestly don't know.
That "flight risk" thing is a problem. They could immediately state he's a flight risk for not appearing in court once the trial starts, because he's already living out of state and intends to go back there today. He also has billions of dollars and a jet plane capable of international flight.
I thought he was being indicated on Tuesday.
Yeah, I'm confused. But then again, I usually am.
He's already been indicted. "Indicted" means, "A grand jury has decided there is enough evidence to send this case to trial."
On Tuesday, he's being arraigned. "Arraigned" means you have to appear in court to formally hear the charges against you - the charges that the grand jury decided were worth pursuing - and be fingerprinted and mug-shotted.
If they feel like it, you can be arrested and held in jail until the trial. It looks like Trump will be released (probably with monster bail) to return to Florida but I would put nothing past them.
He shouldn't have to post bail. NY state law says that any nonviolent felony offender is released on their own recognizance unless they're a flight risk. It should happen that- he's arrested, the judge reads the charges during the arraignment, he pleads not guilty, he's released until his next court date.
Is everyone who is arraigned automatically arrested? I honestly don't know.
That "flight risk" thing is a problem. They could immediately state he's a flight risk for not appearing in court once the trial starts, because he's already living out of state and intends to go back there today. He also has billions of dollars and a jet plane capable of international flight.
They could easily say he's a flight risk.