Ivanka Trump says she is pained for her father and country

President Donald Trump speaks as his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump looks on during a March 2020 news briefing at the White House. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In an Instagram Story on Friday morning, Ivanka Trump – who has remained largely silent in political matters concerning her father in the fallout of the 2020 election – expressed gratitude to people “across the political spectrum expressing support and concern” over former President Donald Trump's indictment.

“I love my father, and I love my country. Today, I am pained for both. I appreciate the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern,” she posted.

Ivanka Trump was a senior adviser in the Trump administration during his presidency.

The US Secret Service hasn’t played a role in the negotiations between the Trump lawyers and the Manhattan District Attorney over former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday court appearance, a person briefed on the matter said.

The Secret Service has limited its involvement to coordinating security arrangements, which have been in the works for weeks. 

The agency is using its standard protocols, which means Secret Service employees will test the magnetometers at the courthouse to ensure they are up to Secret Service standards. 

The plans, which have already been worked out, include Secret Service employees at the magnetometers before Trump arrives. They will enforce distance requirements to make sure no one comes close to the former president. His detail will be with him as he is processed, fingerprinted and photographed for mug shots.

At this point, the former president isn’t expected to be handcuffed as he will be surrounded by armed federal agents for his protection.  

Former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan criminal court around 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell CNN.

Officials involved in the planning of Trump's appearance are considering pausing all other case activity at the court during the time that the former president is expected to appear, according to a source with knowledge of the plans.

An adjournment of all other matters at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon would reduce the amount of foot traffic in the building for security reasons, the source said.

Seen through a security fence, the Trump Organization's Boeing 757 used by former U.S. President Donald Trump, known as Trump Force One, sits parked on the tarmac at the Palm Beach International Airport on March 31 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump will travel to New York on Monday before his arraignment in the Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, two sources familiar with this plans tell CNN. 

Trump will remain at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate, over the weekend.

A Manhattan grand jury’s indictment of former President Donald Trump will set in motion a criminal process that will in some ways work like that of any other defendant, and in other ways, look very different.

The charges that the grand jury approved against Trump are currently not public, but here's a look at expected next steps now that there is an indictment:

Then-President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to the White House residence as they exit Marine One on the South Lawn in 2020. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump lashed out online at the judge he is expected to appear before Tuesday, accusing Judge Juan Merchan of “railroading” former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg in a previous case.

Calling the allegations against him a "Witch Hunt Case," Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that the judge "HATES" him.

Merchan is the "same person who 'railroaded' my 75 year old former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, to take a 'plea' deal," Trump wrote.

“He strong armed Allen, which a judge is not allowed to do, & treated my companies, which didn't 'plead,' VICIOUSLY," the former president added.

Some context: Merchan oversaw the criminal tax fraud case against Weisselberg and two Trump Organization entities. Weisselberg pleaded guilty and Merchan approved his plea deal, under which Weisselberg would serve five months in jail if he pleaded guilty to 15 felonies and testified truthfully at the trial of the Trump companies. Weisselberg is expected to be released from Rikers Island next month.

The judge warned Weisselberg at his guilty pleas that he could face up to 15 years in prison if he deviated from this agreement.

At sentencing, Merchan said he found it "offensive" that Weisselberg fabricated a paycheck so his wife could receive federal benefits and wished he could have sentenced him to "a much greater" sentence.

During the investigation, the judge held the Trump entities in criminal contempt and fined them $4,000 for failing to comply with multiple grand jury subpoenas. The judge kept his ruling under seal until after the verdict so it wouldn't prejudice the case. The Trump entities were found guilty of multiple counts of tax fraud and falsifying business records. The judge handed down the maximum sentence, a fine of $1.6 million. 

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Review Institute summit on Friday, March 31. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called the indictment of former President Donald Trump an "outrage" and a "political prosecution" – echoing his first comments about the matter on CNN last night.

"The unprecedented indictment of the former president of the United States for a campaign finance issue is an outrage, and I think it's clear to the overwhelming majority of American people that this is nothing short of a political prosecution," Pence said at a National Review Institute summit in Washington, DC. 

Pence argued that the indictment will "only serve to further divide our country" when the US is "facing large intractable challenges at home and abroad," calling for Americans to find ways to come together.

He said that in traveling the country, "nobody" brought up the different legal investigations surrounding Trump – dismissing it as "drama that is an obsession of much of the national media."

Pence said that the key for Republican leaders is to "not to be preoccupied on these issues but to continue to focus on the real challenge facing the American people at home and abroad, and ensure that we elect leadership that will turn this country back to common-sense conservative principles in 2024."

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The top two Senate Republicans have remained silent after the news that former President Donald Trump had been indicted by a New York grand jury.

The silence from Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune underscores the divide within the GOP party over the former president. McConnell and Thune have made no secret about their desire to move past Trump.

Meanwhile, House Republican leaders were quick to jump to defend Thursday night when the news broke. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has credited Trump for helping him win the speakership on the 15th ballot this year, attacked the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

House Republicans have launched an investigation into Bragg’s probe, but Senate GOP Leaders have declined to embrace that effort.  

CNN's Ali Zaslav contributed to this report

The Manhattan district attorney’s office does not expect to seek to unseal the indictment of former President Donald Trump before his arraignment in New York on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Because the filing is under seal and would require a court order to unseal it, prosecutors are not expected to share a copy of the indictment with Trump before the Tuesday court hearing, the source said.

Trump’s legal team also does not expect to obtain or seek to unseal the indictment ahead of Tuesday’s hearing, another source familiar with the matter told CNN.