Trump plans surrender as New York barricades, closes courtroom

The New York Young Republican Club says it plans a protest in a park across the street from the courthouse, a demonstration that Green, one of Trump’s staunchest supporters in Congress, says she will participate.

“It is a constitutional right to protest,” Green said on Twitter, adding that she would “protest this unprecedented abuse of our justice system and election interference.” She said she rejects anyone who incites or commits violence. Before voting to indict Trump, the grand jury heard evidence about a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she was paid to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006. Trump denies sexual encounter.

A court official told Reuters that the courtrooms on the upper floors of the courthouse would close at 1 p.m., shortly before Trump was expected to open at 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT).

The official also said that many court cases would be adjourned to a building across the street from the courthouse.

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