An arrest is only the first step in a criminal procedure. Some areas may only file an indictment but it appears that Trump has been formerly arrested at least three times. In two of those cases he was processed at the courthouse, but in Georgia he had to go to the Fulton county jail for fingerprinting and a mugshot:
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I believe that he has also been formerly arrested, but only appeared in the courthouse for the New York Stormy Daniels case and the DC case. He has four separate criminal charges that he is facing right now. The rape charge was civil because the statute of limitations had run out on criminal charges for that act.
The New York state business fraud suit, which is likely to ruin his empire was held late last year. Both sides asked for an early verdict before the trial even began. The judge had access to all of the undisputed evidence that both sides agreed to and on that alone he saw that there was enough evidence to convict Trump. The trial was about how much money would be taken back from him as a result. The prosecutor still presented all of his evidence since he wanted it on record. He was fairly sure that there is a good chance that Trump would try to appeal the case. That trial was a bench trial. Meaning that it was decided by only the judge. It appears that is what both sides wanted. Either side could have requested a jury trial if they wanted one. You may hear Trump complaining about not having a jury trial, but that is just another one of his many lies. Up to a reasonable date before the trial starts his lawyers could have requested a jury. They never did that. So they are either incredibly incompetent, and after watching Haga that is a clear possibility, or Trump did not want the additional publicity and the fact that all of the evidence would have been presented out in the open for everyone to hear about. As it was only those following this story closely seem to be aware of the ins and outs of the trial.