New York barricades in anticipation of looming Trump indictment

Officials in New York have begun to erect barricades as former President Donald Trump’s potential arrest looms. Hundreds of riot police have been mobilized in anticipation of civil unrest as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office considers bringing charges against Trump. Pictures show the barricades being placed near a courthouse in lower Manhattan.

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Fear about a possible indictment spiked following reports last week that New York law enforcement has been preparing for Trump’s arrest as part of an investigation into an alleged hush-money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

Over the weekend, Trump added to the frenzy when he suggested he might be arrested on Tuesday and asked his supporters to take to the streets in protest. “Illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which has allowed new records to be set in violent crime and whose leader is funded by George Soros, indicate that, with no crime being able to be proven, and based on an old and fully debunked (by numerous other prosecutors!) fairytale, the far and away leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week,” Trump said. “Protest, take our nation back.”

The Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, in which thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol during an attempt to decertify the 2020 election, remains fresh in many minds.

“We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York,” said Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in a statement to his staff, following Trump’s remarks, according to the Associated Press.

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It remains unclear why Trump speculated that he would be arrested on Tuesday. A grand jury assigned to the case is reportedly hearing testimony