The purported purpose of jailing and then handcuffing defendants is to prevent them from fleeing, a scenario that would be highly unlikely, if not impossible, for someone like Trump.
Former President Donald Trump greets fans at the finals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Okla., on March 18.
It has long been standard protocol for white-collar defendants charged with felony crimes in New York City that they are brought into a courthouse in lower Manhattan for processing. Once there, defendants are held in a jail cell, while authorities begin the process of fingerprinting them, taking their mug shots, and then escorting them, almost always in handcuffs, down a hallway on another floor to a courtroom in full view of cameras and the media — the proverbial "perp walk.
“This is not normal,” said the source familiar with the ongoing negotiations. “This is somebody who has a protective detail.” The Secret Service, the source added, has a “great argument” that it would be literally impossible for Trump to flee the scene inside a New York City courthouse, when he will be surrounded by federal agents.
Although they had Cohen on standby as a potential rebuttal witness, Bragg’s prosecutors did not call on him — a possible indication that they didn’t feel Costello made any dent in their case.
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