After his historic indictment, Donald Trump is preparing to undergo an ordeal that no other former president has experienced: fingerprints and photos taken before his presentation to a judge, before whom he will plead "not guilty".

The charges against him, and therefore the penalties he faces, will be made public on Tuesday. They relate to $ 130,000 paid in 2016 by Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to buy the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels who claims to have had an extramarital affair with the real estate mogul ten years ago.

Donald Trump, who refutes this link, had to admit having reimbursed Michael Cohen but assures that the transaction was not illegal. If the agreement made with Stormy Daniels was indeed authorized, it could however correspond to a campaign expense. However, the sum does not appear in the candidate's accounts and has, on the contrary, been entered as a "legal fee" in his company's documents.

Faced with the still uncertain severity of the penalty incurred, Trump knows, however, that he will have the right to campaign, even from his cell. He is even persuaded to play his best card there, to overturn the table of probabilities, exactly as in 2016. Indeed, nothing in American law prohibits a person charged, or even convicted, from being a candidate for elected office. and take office if they win.