Workers began erecting barricades around the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Monday, bracing for a potential, unprecedented moment: Donald Trump arriving this week to face expected charges in a hush money probe, making him the first president in US history to face criminal charges after leaving office.
Mr Trump announced over the weekend that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, and called on his supporters to protest what he called the “corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office,” which has been investigating the former president over hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to two women claiming to have had affairs with him.
