Events at Donald Trump’s Palm Beach resort were suspended for the weekend on Friday — as the former president was seen “huddling” with his legal team to hammer out a defense after a New York grand jury voted to indict him Thursday, The Post has learned.

Trump, 76, met with his advisors at Mar-a-Lago where, a source said, they are all “shaken” by the news.

The team is preparing for his arraignment before a New York City judge next week, on unknown charges related to hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

“It won’t be business as usual,” the source told The Post regarding events at Mar-a-Lago.

“They expected this but there is shock now that it’s happened,” said the source.

“It’s real now. And they are worried about a surprise.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris ducked making a comment on the indictment of former President Donald Trump Friday in Zambia.

"I am not going to comment on an ongoing criminal case as it relates to the former president," Harris replied when asked for her reaction during a joint press conference with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, according to Fox News.

The African nation’s leader, however, did make a remark regarding Thursday’s fraud charges from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against Trump, 76, that reportedly stem from a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

"The indictment of President Trump — what does that mean to the rule of law? Let's remove names from your question," Hichilema said. "Let's put what we decided we would do to govern ourselves in an orderly manner. [We] passed our constitutions — bedrock law. Then, secondary laws, other regulations create a platform or framework around which we agreed either as Americans or as Zambians to govern ourselves and so to live within those confines."

"And when there's transgression against law, it does not matter who is involved. I think that is what the rule of law means. This is universal," he added.

"And here, vice president, we have a scenario now when we fight against corruption which has taken away resources from children and the sick — sometimes names are thrown into it and perceptions are created that are totally inappropriate," he said. "Because transgressions against the law, if you take what belongs to the public, you have offended the law and the name does not matter."

Harris, the first US vice president of African ancestry, is wrapping up a week-long trip to the continent.

Trump is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan Tuesday at 2:15 p.m.

Former President Donald Trump will travel to New York City on Monday night, and will surrender to the Manhattan District Attorney on Tuesday, sources told The Post.

The real estate mogul will spend Monday night at Trump Tower before departing for Manhattan Criminal Court around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to face fraud charges, the sources said.

Following his 2:15 arraignment, Trump will head directly to LaGuardia Airport, where he will presumably leave to return to Mar-A-Lago in Florida.

Trump, 76, was indicted on Thursday evening on multiple fraud charges tied to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Stormy Daniels has postponed her hotly anticipated exclusive interview with Piers Morgan, citing “security issues.”

“Unfortunately, Stormy Daniels has had to suddenly postpone our interview tonight due to some security issues that have arisen. Hope she’s OK,” Morgan wrote on Twitter.

The sit-down – the adult film star’s first since Donald Trump was reportedly indicted Thursday evening for fraud charges tied to hush money he paid her – was scheduled to air live at 9 p.m. British time.

A handful of rival protesters flocked to former president Donald Trump’s homes in Manhattan and Mar-a-Lago Friday in the wake of his indictment being handed down.

Former US Attorney General Bill Barr said Friday that the indictment against Donald Trump is “pathetically weak” and a “political hit job.”

Speaking at a National Review Institute Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, Barr – who served as Attorney General under Trump from 2019 through 2020 – said it was “the archetypal abuse of the prosecutorial function to engage in a political hit job…legally, it's a pathetically weak case."

Trump, 76, was indicted by the Manhattan DA on Thursday evening on multiple counts of fraud reportedly stemming from a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

"It's a very weak case just on the misdemeanor. And on the federal issue, they've gotten the statute completely wrong in my mind,” Barr continued.

Barr also noted that he does not believe the $130,000 payout to Daniels’ was actually “hush money.”

"[The payment] wasn't done because of the election; it was done to protect Trump's reputation,” he reasoned.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to get the full, executive treatment from the Secret Service when he surrenders to the Manhattan District Attorney next week, sources told The Post.

Trump, 76, will be guarded by a full highway motorcade, as well as helicopters as he heads to his arraignment on fraud charges Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.

A bomb squad, emergency services teams, an ambulance, and a hazmat crew will also be on hand.

Police have not been informed about the elaborate plans, sources said.

News that Trump will have the full deployment of the Secret Service contradicts earlier claims that the agency had limited involvement in the plans.

Trump is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday, April 4.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul offered to deploy the National Guard for former President Donald Trump’s indictment next week – but only if New York City officials request it.

"What I read in the news is that there will be an appearance in court on Tuesday and I spoke with [New York City Mayor Eric Adams] yesterday to offer any assistance that he would need at the time for or in advance preparation,” Hochul told reporters on Friday.

When pressed on the bombshell multiple-count fraud indictment, Hochul said the move was “simply a statement that all of our laws apply to everyone.”

“Obviously [the] NYPD is the finest in the world. They know what they're doing. They've trained for this. They're able to handle crowds,” she added of the ongoing preparations for Trump’s appearance in Manhattan next week.

“This is not new to the NYPD but I also want to offer our assistants in any way they want to take advantage of it. Our state police, the guard – whatever they ask for. So I'll let them assess the needs but I just want to open up the doors of communication directly between myself and [Adams] should the need arise."

Trump, 76, is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday in the same courtroom where Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in 2020.

New York Attorney General Letitia James will depose former President Donald Trump in a civil fraud investigation the week of April 10, MSNBC reported.

News of James’ involvement comes after DA Alvin Bragg indicted Trump, 76, on more than 30 fraud charges tied to hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Trump is expected to be arraigned on the charges on Tuesday.

The Secret Service has limited involvement in security arrangements for former President Donald Trump’s upcoming surrender and arraignment, a court administration official told The Post Friday.

The agency will reportedly follow standard procedures, including testing the courthouse’s magnetometers to ensure they are up to Secret Service standards.

Members of the Secret Service will stand magnetometers before Trump arrives, and will enforce distance requirements, the source confirmed.

The former commander-in-chief's personal details will also be with him when he is fingerprinted and photographed for his mug shots.

Those close to Trump, including his attorney Joe Tacopina, have insisted that the 76-year-old will not be handcuffed.

He’s in bad company.

Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday in the same courtroom where Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in 2020, sources told The Post.

The 15th-floor courtroom is also the same one where the Trump Organization was found guilty of multiple tax fraud charges last year. 

Trump, 76, reportedly faces 34 counts of fraud from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Judge Juan Merchan reportedly issued an order Friday allowing the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to disclose the existence of the lengthy indictment against former President Donald Trump.

“This is the first document showing the existence of the indictment of the former president,” journalist Frank G. Runyeon tweeted alongside a photograph of the first page of the document, dated March 30.

Trump, 76, was reportedly indicted on more than 30 counts of fraud on Thursday night after weeks of speculation. He is expected to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday.