According to the Bloomberg, Donald Trump says he expects he’ll soon be charged in New York with making hush-money payments to a porn star. If that happens, how the former president is processed by law-enforcement officials in Manhattan may be unlike any defendant in history.

While Trump will get fingerprinted and have his mug-shot taken, he won’t be marched before cameras in handcuffs or placed in a holding cell, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public. He’ll likely remain in the custody of the Secret Service agents assigned to his protection detail.

“His status as a former president, for better of worse, will lead to somewhat different treatment,” said Temidayo Aganga-Williams, a former federal prosecutor. “The security assessments are different here than if he was a private citizen. He is less likely to be seen as a security threat than a previously unknown defendant.”

If the Manhattan grand jury votes to indict Trump, the indictment would remain under seal until it is formally presented to the court, the person said. Bragg’s office could announce it at a news conference if he gets the court’s permission to make it public.

Law-enforcement authorities would likely call Trump’s lawyer as a courtesy, asking him to surrender to detectives working with Bragg at his lower Manhattan offices, which are in the same building as Merchan’s courtroom.

Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopina said late last week Trump would surrender to authorities if there is an indictment and would not provoke a standoff.

The source of Bloomberg continued his explanation and said that after the processing paperwork is completed, Trump would be arraigned before a New York judge. Because the charges would not be violent felonies, no bail would be required.

Meanwhile, Bragg's spokeswoman declined to comment on what provisions the office would make if Trump is indicted.

No Perp Walk

Two people familiar with the situation said Trump probably won’t have to endure the so-called perp walk, a courtesy that wasn’t extended to his longtime top executive, Weissenberg. 

The former Trump Organization chief financial officer was led down a long courthouse hallway in handcuffs and guarded by burly detectives as photographers recorded the spectacle.

Earlier, the Washington Post reported that in the coming days, Trump is likely to be charged in connection with a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels on his behalf before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump, who may become the first US president to be indicted, has denied these charges and claimed that these actions were carried out with political motives.

In New York, law enforcement and court officials have sought to plot out security measures and logistics for the possible unprecedented event of a former president’s first court appearance on criminal charges.

Law enforcement officials across the country have said they are preparing for possible unrest if Trump is indicted.

However, Behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago, the former president has told friends and associates that he welcomes the idea of being paraded by the authorities before a throng of reporters and news cameras. 

He has even mused openly about whether he should smile for the assembled media, and he has pondered how the public would react and is said to have described the potential spectacle as a fun experience.

No one is quite sure whether his remarks are bravado or genuine resignation about what lies ahead.

“He wants to be defiant — to show the world that if they can try to do this to him, they can do it to anyone,” said one person who spoke to Mr. Trump over the weekend.