Trump indictment
Former President Donald Trump appears in court for his arraignment on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York.
  • Trump's arrest and perp walk on Tuesday was not the spectacle of victimization he reportedly wanted.
  • Trump was not cuffed, was not swabbed for DNA, and his mugshot was not taken, his lawyer said.
  • Trump's perp walk was the shortest and quickest that veteran New York lawyers have ever heard of.

Donald Trump had reportedly hoped for a pageant of victimization on Tuesday when he surrendered on a 34-count indictment in Manahattan.

Instead, there were no handcuffs or souvenir mugshot. And while news cameras were allowed to capture the historic moment when an unshackled Trump was escorted into the courtroom, the stretch of hallway he traversed measured just five feet.