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If Donald Trump is indicted for his role in a hush money payment to a porn star, the former president will be treated like any other criminal - he will be read his Miranda rights, fingerprinted, and pose for a mug shot.
He may even be handcuffed.
But Trump will likely be spared the indignity of a perp walk in which a suspect is led out of the police station or courthouse in handcuffs in front of the cameras for the world to see.
Instead, he will likely walk in, wearing a suit and tie, surrounded by aides and Secret Service agents. And he could even make a deal with prosecutors to come in via a back entrance, skipping the expected media frenzy.
The booking procedure would continue from there.
If Donald Trump is arrested, he will face a typical booking procedure - fingerprints and mugshot
Trump faces criminal charges for $130,000 in payments his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, sent to porn star Stormy Daniels toward the end of his 2016 campaign. Prosecutors say the payment violated campaign finance laws, and was made to silence Daniels about an affair with the business titan.
Trump denied he ever had an affair. And, on March 18, the former president declared that he would be arrested on the 21st. He issued a rallying call for his supporters to protest the matter.
He would be the first president arrested since Ulysses S. Grant was pulled over for speeding in his horse and buggy at the corner of 13th and M streets in Washington, D.C - in 1872 - but police let him go with a fine.
Local, state and federal law enforcement and security agencies are preparing for an expected frenzy of media, protestors and onlookers even though New York prosecutors haven't confirmed an arrest is coming.
DailyMail.com looks at what may happen should an indictment comes down.
THE SURRENDER
Any indictment would require Trump, who is at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to surrender at the district attorney's office in downtown New York.
He would have to fly to his former home state, likely on his campaign jet, which is known as Trump Force One.
Given that a financial crime is considered a 'white-collar crime' and non-violent, Trump would be allowed to self-surrender, skipping the perp walk.
In white-collar cases, the defendant's lawyers and the prosecutors typically agree on a date and time for the person to surrender rather than arresting the person at home.
Trump would have to travel from his Mar-a-Lago estate (above) to New York
Trump would likely make the trip on his campaign plane, know as Trump Force One
IF TRUMP DOESN'T SELF-SURRENDER
If Trump refused to surrender voluntarily, prosecutors could seek to have him extradited from Florida.
Ironically, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and former ally of Trump, would have to formally approve an extradition.
Technically, it would be a strictly administrative move, carried out in his capacity as governor of the state.
Politically, it's an entirely other story. DeSantis has all but declared he'll run for president next year - making him a rival to Trump for the GOP nomination.
Even though DeSantis has few legal options other than to approve extradition, it will likely infuriate the conservative MAGA base he is trying to win over. If DeSantis didn't approve an extradition, New York would probably sue, setting up a long legal battle.
Some lawyers working for Trump have said the former president will surrender.
'There won't be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago with Secret Service and the Manhattan DA's office,' Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told the New York Daily News.
The timing remains unclear despite Trump's proclamation on the date. Once Trump has been formally indicted, prosecutors would contact his lawyers to negotiate his surrender, which could take several days.
If Donald Trump refuses to surrender, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would have to sign an extradition order - the two men above in June 2019 for a Trump campaign rally
HANDCUFFS AND MUGSHOT
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