PHOTOS: Protests Roil Outside Trump Arraignment In Manhattan Court

NEW YORK CITY — Donald Trump was met at Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday by throngs of people who came to witness the historic criminal indictment of a former U.S. president.

The charges against Trump had yet to be unsealed as of Tuesday afternoon, but criminal charges likely link to porn star hush money probe.

Among the crowd were Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos, whose rally in support of the former U.S. president was drowned out by the sounds of beeps and whistles from New Yorkers who include City Council Member Chi Ossé and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

The scene outside the courthouse Tuesday was chaotic but peaceful, charged but contained, and eminently New York.

A man in rollerblades balanced a spinning basketball on the end of an American flag, and later, on the end of his finger, too. As he popped one spinning ball up into the air, he shouted “innocent” as it landed back on his finger.

Kofla Olivieri, 67, brought a homemade sign depicting a tabloid headline with Trump in clown makeup to the arraignment which also happened to be the retired photographer's birthday.

“Guy's been stealing since day one,” Olivieri said of Trump. “I never protested in my life, until the night he was elected.”

Olivieri said that while District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment of the former president isn't the best gift of his entire life, “it’s in the top five."

“[Trump's] done so much damage," Olivieri said.

Michael Picard, 34, took Metro-North from a tobacco farm in west Connecticut to attend the rally, he told Patch.

Picard wore a pair of American flag overalls he made himself, noting, "I was up all night finishing these."

About 250 Trump supporters and roughly 150 anti-Trump protesters were separated into two groups by NYPD officers to cut down on conflicts, although the crowd remained rowdy and shouts hung in the air.

Performance artist 'Crackhead Barney' made an appearance outside Manhattan Criminal Court.

A Flatbush woman who gave her name as Q and wore a jacket featuring Trump as a matador said, "There's tunnels under our feet."

"They are trafficking children," Q said. "They transport children in the tunnels."

Yes, he was there too.

Not all those who appeared to witness the historic day walked on two legs alone, like Bentley, who sat with owner Mike, from Middle Village, and new friend Denise, from Bed-Stuy.

The pair said they believe people from New York know Trump has been a con for years.

This belief didn't stop Bentley, Mike and Denise from cracking some smiles.