Trump travels to New York ahead of Manhattan court hearing

The district attorney’s office in New York is perhaps the most famous in America. Here a whole line up of felons from John Gotti, the Mafia boss to Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul, have had their mugshots and fingerprints taken.

But never before has a former President of the United States.

NYPD cops will provide walls of security, as demonstrators are expected to amass.