Claiming his arrest is imminent, Trump has sought to rally his base around him, urging supporters in a post on his Truth Social platform to “protest, take our nation back!” Security has tightened around the Lower Manhattan courthouse where grand jurors have met for weeks to hear witness testimony.

The criminal probe of the former president was triggered by these Wall Street Journal articles concerning a payment to a porn star.

Officials in New York and Washington, DC, are preparing for potential protests as a grand jury empaneled as part of the investigation into Donald Trump's alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels continues to weigh possible charges.

The former president is expected to be indicted soon by a grand jury for his role in a hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election.

Donald Trump could be indicted​ in New York. Here's how the criminal investigation unfolded, dating back to ​his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels.

Robert Costello said he told the grand jury Cohen essentially acted alone in paying Stormy Daniels. Cohen disputed the account on MSNBC, saying Costello has his "facts twisted."

The indictment of a former president would be a remarkable moment in the country’s history in a case with a legal underpinning that appears far from open-and-shut.