It's proving much easier to decry potential charges against Donald Trump as politically motivated than as unwarranted.

Officials in New York and Washington are taking preemptive security measures in case a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump leads to widespread protests.

The criminal probe of the former president was triggered by these Wall Street Journal articles concerning a payment to a porn star.

Robert Costello said he told the grand jury Cohen essentially acted alone in paying Stormy Daniels. Cohen disputed the account on MSNBC, saying Costello has his "facts twisted."

Claiming his arrest is imminent, Trump has sought to rally his base around him, urging supporters in a post on his Truth Social platform to “protest, take our nation back!” Security has tightened around the Lower Manhattan courthouse where grand jurors have met for weeks to hear witness testimony.