When Donald Trump arrives in a Manhattan court room to be arraigned on yet-to-be unsealed charges stemming from a 2016 hush-money scheme meant to keep voters from learning about a decade-old affair before the 2016 presidential election, it will be the first step in what could be a long and drawn-out process leading to a trial in the city he called home for most of his life.
Thus far, the ex-president’s reaction to his newfound criminal jeopardy has been to exhibit the same defiance and bluster that characterised how he faced previous investigations into his conduct.
