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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday anticipated making history as the first former president to be charged with a crime.
Instead, the day ended as it started: with the world hankering to know whether Mr. Trump will be indicted and arrested for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Mr. Trump is not out of the woods yet, as legal analysts say the Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks could still settle on criminal charges.
If the grand jury returns an indictment it will take time to sort out what happens next before it is made public, including whether to bring charges as a felony or misdemeanor and negotiating the possible surrender of an ex-president.
“We are in uncharted waters,” said Jared Carter, professor of constitutional law at Vermont Law and Graduate School. “We’ve got the Secret Service involved. It is going to be a very different and more careful process that the district attorney is going to have to go through.”
Another big question is whether Mr. Trump would turn himself in to New York authorities or force them to arrest him. If he holds up at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would not give the required permission to extradite Mr.
