Trump Reportedly 'Wants To Be Handcuffed’ To Create A 'Spectacle'
According to former President Donald Trump, he was supposed to be indicted yesterday over his hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Trump said that just before sending out an email blast begging for donations. It appears that it will still happen, but no one knows exactly when.
Trump will get fingerprinted after he's arrested, and he will have his mugshot taken. However, he won't have to be perp-walked in front of cameras in handcuffs or placed in a holding cell.
Except it appears that Trump wants to be handcuffed. At least that's what he's told close advisers. He's going for that martyred look for donations.
The Guardian reports:
The former president has reasoned that since he would need to go to the courthouse and surrender himself to authorities for fingerprinting, and a mug shot anyway, the sources said, he might as well turn everything into a "spectacle."