FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at the East Palestine Fire Department as he visits the area in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Trump’s lawyers in Georgia are criticizing the Fulton County investigation into potential illegal election meddling after the foreperson of the special grand jury seated to help the probe went public this week. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer says the former president is “strong and ready to go” ahead of his historic New York arraignment. An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday when Trump surrenders to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. Trump will be escorted Tuesday from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service, though it’s unclear whether the nation’s 45th president will have his mug shot taken. The Republican ex-president’s lawyers say he will be fingerprinted, learn the charges against him and plead not guilty. A defiant Trump denies any wrongdoing. Trump will return home to Florida for a rally Tuesday evening.