美国特勤局正在与纽约警察局协调安全计划,以防前总统唐纳德·特朗普根据消息来源,在曼哈顿的一个公开法庭被起诉和传讯。
据了解讨论情况的消息人士透露,这两家机构周一通了电话,讨论后勤问题,包括法庭安全以及特朗普可能如何投降进行登记和处理。
纽约的白领刑事被告通常被允许协商自首。
星期一早些时候,纽约市市长埃里克·亚当斯说,他“有信心”纽约市已经准备好应对任何与前总统可能被起诉有关的抗议活动。
亚当斯周一在一场不相关的新闻发布会上说:“我们正在监控社交媒体上的评论,NYPD正在履行他们的正常职责,确保该市没有不当行为。”“我们有信心能够做到这一点。”
特朗普周六在他的真实社交平台上写道,他呼吁抗议他所说的是他的预期逮捕周二,曼哈顿地区检察官调查2016年成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯的封口费。
特朗普的前私人律师迈克尔·科恩在2016年总统竞选的最后几天向丹尼尔斯支付了13万美元,据称让她保持安静关于她声称与特朗普的婚外情。这位前总统否认了这一事件,他的律师将这笔资金诬陷为勒索付款。
曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格正在考虑是否收费消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻,特朗普组织涉嫌报销科恩的付款后,特朗普伪造了商业记录,然后将这笔报销记为法律费用。特朗普称这笔付款为“a”私人合同并否认有任何不当行为。
2022年9月20日,纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯在纽约的一次活动上发表演讲。
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亚当斯说,市政府官员已经听到了有关潜在起诉的“大量报道”,但他告诉记者,他没有见过布拉格,也没有与他讨论过此事。
网上的帖子显示,似乎有一些小规模的抗议活动是由不同的基层团体组织的。但是阿里·亚历山大“停止偷窃”运动背后的保守派活动家,公开表示他的团体不会组织任何抗议活动。
在佛罗里达州的棕榈滩县,消息人士向美国广播公司新闻证实,如果前总统被起诉,当局正在准备在特朗普的Mar-a-Lago庄园附近举行抗议活动。
周日,一小群支持特朗普的示威者聚集在连接棕榈滩和大陆的大桥上。据报道,他们表示,如果特朗普被起诉,他们将在周二或更早带着更多人回来。
美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)周日获得的华盛顿特区国土安全与应急管理局(Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency)发布的一份情报公报称,一些极端分子认为对特朗普的可能起诉是“沙子上的线”
“对美国前总统采取的潜在刑事司法行动-或被认为是对前总统采取的行动-对国内暴力极端主义者(DVE)社区来说仍然是一条‘沙线’,因此有可能表现为对政府目标或政治官员的暴力行为,”该机构内的威胁情报小组DC融合中心的公告说。
公报指出,特朗普在社交媒体上呼吁抗议的帖子“立即遭到了网上暴力言论的增加,并对被视为参与对前总统政治迫害的政府和执法目标表示威胁,以及更广泛地呼吁‘内战’。在DC融合中心观察到的相关帖子中,许多人将前总统被捕的可能性描述为“红线”或“沙地线”,之后暴力行动是唯一可能的结果
“这种与对前总统的指控相关的言论上升,是自2022年8月Mar-a-Lago搜查令服务以来,融合中心观察到的最重要的24小时牵引,”该公报说。
美国联邦调查局警告全国各地的地方和州警察机构,对特朗普可能被起诉的担忧,但该局表示没有任何其他信息。
“联邦调查局继续密切关注对前总统的潜在起诉,开源报道表明这可能发生在未来一周,”联邦调查局在美国广播公司新闻获得的一份警告中说。
“目前没有信息证实这项起诉,也没有任何信息表明暴力或犯罪活动是有计划的,”联邦调查局说,并补充说,没有迹象表明“除了第一修正案保护的行动正在计划中。”
美国国会大厦警方也发布了自己对潜在暴力的评估,称他们没有看到“目前针对美国国会大厦或国会议员的威胁迹象”,因为这与川普有关。
该组织“尚未看到任何大规模有组织抗议和/或暴力的迹象,正如(它)在2021年1月6日之前所做的那样,”美国广播公司新闻获得的评估称。
没有一位现任或前任美国总统被起诉过吗因为犯罪行为。
NYPD, Secret Service discuss security plans should Trump be indicted
The U.S. Secret Service is coordinating security plans with the New York Police Department in the event that former PresidentDonald Trumpis indicted and arraigned in an open courtroom in Manhattan, according to sources.
The two agencies had a call Monday to discuss logistics, including court security and how Trump would potentially surrender for booking and processing, according to sources briefed on the discussions.
White collar criminal defendants in New York are typically allowed to negotiate a surrender.
Earlier Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was "confident" the city is prepared for any protests related to a potential indictment of the former president.
"We are monitoring comments on social media, and the NYPD is doing their normal role of making sure there is no inappropriate actions in the city," Adams said Monday at an unrelated press conference. "We are confident we're going to be able to do that."
Writing on his Truth Social platform Saturday, Trump called for protests against what he said was hisexpected arrestTuesday, in connection with the Manhattan district attorney's probe into the 2016 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, paid $130,000 to Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 presidential campaign to allegedlykeep her quietabout an affair she claimed to have had with Trump. The former president has denied the affair and his attorneys have framed the funds as anextortion payment.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is mullingwhether to chargeTrump with falsifying business records, after the Trump Organization allegedly reimbursed Cohen for the payment then logged the reimbursement as a legal expense, sources have told ABC News. Trump has called the payment "aprivate contractbetween two parties" and has denied all wrongdoing.
Adams said city officials have heard "a lot of reports" about a potential indictment, but told reporters he has not met with Bragg nor discussed the matter with him.
Online posts indicate there appear to be a handful of small protests being organized by different grassroots groups. ButAli Alexander, the conservative activist behind the "Stop the Steal" movement, publicly said that his group will not organize any protests.
In Palm Beach County, Florida, sources confirmed to ABC News that authorities were preparing for protests near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate should the former president be indicted.
On Sunday a small group of pro-Trump demonstrators gathered on the bridge connecting Palm Beach to the mainland. They said they would return with more people on Tuesday or sooner if Trump were to be indicted, according to reports.
An intelligence bulletin issued Sunday by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C., and obtained by ABC News, says that some extremists consider the possible indictment of Trump a "line in the sand."
"Potential criminal justice actions taken toward a former US president -- or actions perceived to be taken toward the former president -- remain a 'line in the sand' for Domestic Violent Extremists (DVE) communities and thus have the potential to manifest in violence toward government targets or political officials," said the bulletin from the DC Fusion Center, a threat intelligence group within the agency.
The bulletin notes that the Trump's social media post in which he called for protests "was met with an immediate increase in violent online rhetoric and expressed threats toward government and law enforcement targets perceived as participating in a political persecution of the former president, as well as calls for 'Civil War' more generally. Of the concerning posts observed by the DC Fusion Center, many described the potential arrest of the former president as a 'red line' or 'line in the sand,' after which violent action was the only possible outcome."
"This uptick in rhetoric associated with an alleged indictment against the former president represents the most significant 24-hour traction observed by the Fusion Center since the August 2022 search warrant service at Mar-a-Lago," the bulletin said.
The FBI is warning local and state police agencies around the country about concerns related to a possible indictment of Trump, but the bureau says it doesn't have any additional information.
"The FBI continues to closely monitor a potential Indictment of the former President which open source reporting has indicated may occur in the coming week," the FBI said in a warning obtained by ABC News.
"At the present time there is no information to confirm this indictment nor is there any information to indicate violence or criminal activity is planned," said the FBI, adding there's no sign that anything "other than First Amendment protected action is being planned."
The U.S. Capitol Police also issued their own assessment regarding potential violence, saying that they have seen "no current indication of threats directed at the US Capitol or Members of Congress" as it relates to Trump.
The organization "has not yet seen any indication of large-scale organized protests and/or violence, as (it) did leading up to January 6, 2021,” the assessment, which was obtained by ABC News, said.
No current or former U.S. president hasever been indictedfor criminal conduct.