Trump indicted: NYPD orders all officers to report in uniform Friday 'in preparation for anything''

All New York City police officers have been told to show up to work Friday in uniform for deployments around the city following the indictment against former President Donald Trump.

An NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital that NYPD officers have been told to be in uniform by 7 a.m. but that there were no credible threats.

"It's just in preparation for anything that could happen," the spokesperson said.

Last week, the NYPD erected barricades around the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse ahead of a possible Trump indictment. Earlier, Trump urged his supporters to protest if he was arrested.

The police directive came shortly after news that Trump had been indicted as part of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's years-long investigation for possible for hush money payments. The payments include transactions of $130,000 made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and the $150,000 payment made to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, Fox News Digital has learned.

Hush money payments made to both McDougal and Daniels were revealed and reported by Fox News in 2018. Those payments had been investigated by the U. S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York and by the Federal Election Commission.... (Read more)

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