Trump says he will be arrested Tuesday, calls on supporters to protest

As federal, authorities and section instrumentality enforcement agencies successful New York are preparing for the anticipation that Donald Trump will be criminally charged in transportation with a hush-money outgo to a porn star, the erstwhile president took to societal media and said helium expects to beryllium arrested Tuesday.

Trump cited leaks from the "corrupt" Manhattan territory attorney's bureau and urged his supporters to protestation connected his behalf.

"THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK," Trump wrote connected his societal media tract Truth Social aboriginal Saturday morning. "PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!"

A expansive jury has been proceeding grounds related to the 2016 payoff to Stormy Daniels astatine the state Criminal Court in little Manhattan, but nary nationalist announcements person been made astir erstwhile oregon if Trump volition beryllium indicted. Law enforcement agencies crossed New York person been making information arrangements successful the lawsuit that the erstwhile president is criminally charged.

If helium is indicted, Trump, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, would go the archetypal erstwhile president ever to look transgression charges.

The Manhattan District Attorney's bureau declined to comment. Trump's lawyer Joseph Tacopina declined to comment.

—CNBC's Dan Mangan contributed to this report.