Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the public to avoid turning to violence and intimidation after former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan court on Tuesday on a 34-count criminal indictment.
Supporters and detractors of the former president gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, trading arguments and insults as they waited for Trump to be arraigned with a 34-count indictment alleging he falsified business records to hide payments he allegedly made to suppress negative stories about his personal life. Trump’s supporters largely criticized the case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as a politicized prosecution, while Trump’s detractors gathered to share their support for the charges and register their dislike of the former president.
