How are Trump's federal charges different from the New York indictment? Legal experts explain the distinctions
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Former President Donald Trump left his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Monday en route to Miami, where he will be arraigned on federal charges Tuesday. The scene was a familiar one: Less than three months ago, Trump left his Mar-a-Lago golf club for New York City to be arraigned on a different set of criminal charges. What are the differences between the two cases?
An arraignment is different from an arrest in that it follows an indictment. An indictment comes when a grand jury determines a person can be charged with a crime, based on evidence presented to them by prosecutors, whereas an arrest is made by law enforcement if there is probable cause someone has committed a crime.
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