Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to leave his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida today and travel to New York to face criminal charges related to hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump will fly on his private plane to Manhattan on Monday and spend the night at Trump Tower before turning himself in to authorities on Tuesday, according to a report from The Associated Press (AP).
Security measures will be in place with authorities planning to close nearby streets as Trump comes and goes, as pro-Trump demonstrators have already started gathering in West Palm Beach on the route to the airport.
The indictment, handed down by a Manhattan grand jury last week, accuses Trump of multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense.
This is the first time a former president has been indicted, making it an unprecedented moment in U.S. history.
Trump and his team are eagerly embracing the media attention surrounding the case, hoping to use what they see as a weak case against Trump to their advantage.
The Trump campaign claims to have raised more than $5 million since news of the indictment broke.
His supporters, including Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, are planning a rally in New York on Tuesday morning, AP notes.
Solensten, a Boca Raton firefighter and Trump supporter, says that Trump has done more for the country than any 10 presidents combined.
He and his retired colleague, John Fischer, got an early start putting up banners in support of the former president, including one that reads, “Thanks for having our backs, President Trump.”
While Trump and his team focus on the case, Solensten believes the charges against him are unfounded, given that they stem from an alleged affair with a porn star before he was in office.
Instead, he suggests that investigators should focus on President Biden’s son, Hunter, and his business dealings, which Republican-led committees in the House of Representatives have already been scrutinizing, according to AP.
