US Capitol Police to boost presence after Trump indictment

The U.S. Capitol Police volition boost its beingness astir Capitol Hill pursuing the indictment of erstwhile President Trump, officials said Friday. 

The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and the USCP said they expect demonstrations crossed the state related to the Trump indictment, which was announced Thursday by the Manhattan District Attorney's office. 

"While instrumentality enforcement is not tracking immoderate specific, credible threats against the Capitol oregon authorities offices, determination is imaginable for objection activity," a enactment from the Sergeant-at-Arms said. 

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U.S. Capitol Police officers volition beryllium retired successful anticipation of objection enactment related to the indictment of erstwhile President Trump, officials said Friday.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Senate Operations Center and State Office Readiness Program were monitoring the situation, it said. 

In New York, each NYPD officers were ordered to study to work Friday successful azygous successful anticipation of immoderate imaginable threats related to the indictment. 

"It's conscionable successful mentation for thing that could happen," an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital connected Thursday.

The concerns travel aft Trump was indicted arsenic portion of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's years-long probe into hush wealth payments. The payments included transactions of $130,000 made to big movie histrion Stormy Daniels, and the $150,000 outgo made to erstwhile Playboy exemplary Karen McDougal.

Hush wealth payments made to some McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News successful 2018. Those payments had been investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office successful the Southern District of New York and by the Federal Election Commission. 

"This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s lawyer to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment connected a Supreme Court indictment, which remains nether seal," a spokesperson for the DA's bureau said. "Guidance volition beryllium provided erstwhile the arraignment day is selected."

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Trump's ineligible squad has denied immoderate wrongdoing.