A Manhattan judge will allow a handful of still photographers inside the courtroom during former President Donald Trump’s arraignment Tuesday — denying his lawyers’ request to ban cameras altogether. 

Trump, 76, is scheduled to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court for the first time Tuesday afternoon to face criminal charges tied to alleged hush-money payments made in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

Five pool photographers will be permitted “to take still photos for several minutes” during the Republican’s court appearance and cameras will be allowed in the hallway, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday night.

No filming or electronics will be permitted. 

When news of Trump’s indictment broke last week, media outlets requested that Merchan allow for the unprecedented court proceedings to be broadcast publicly.

But Trump attorney Joe Tacopina has called for a camera ban, telling The Post via text on Monday: “We don’t normally allow cameras in courtrooms, why make an exception now? To make a spectacle. They want that. We don’t.”

Merchan, the judge overseeing the arraignment, had given the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and Trump’s team a deadline of 1 p.m. Monday to submit any objections to the media request.

In a letter to the judge, which was obtained by CNN — one of the outlets requesting that cameras be allowed in the courtroom — Trump’s team argued the petition should be denied “because it will create a circus-like atmosphere at the arraignment, raise unique security concerns, and is inconsistent with President Trump’s presumption of innocence.”

Trump himself made the decision to object to the cameras, a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether prosecutors argued for or against cameras being allowed in the courtroom.

Trump is facing more than 30 counts of falsifying business records, including at least one felony charge, in a yet-to-be-unsealed indictment that was handed down by a Manhattan grand jury last week, sources said.

The probe is scrutinizing a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the waning days of his 2016 presidential campaign, as well as another six-figure payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

Trump — who maintains his innocence — has repeatedly blasted the hush-money case as a “witch hunt” while attacking Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over what he called a “political persecution.”

The unprecedented case marks the first time a US president — current or former — has faced criminal charges.

The heated debate over whether to allow cameras in court for Trump’s arraignment comes as new proposed legislation is being pushed by Albany Democrats to allow cameras at trials in New York.

New York is one of just two states that bar broadcasts from trial courtrooms.

“As the media capital of the world — and the venue for the arraignment of Donald Trump — we must change this outdated law to allow the public to witness trials,” said state Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan), who is sponsoring the bill that would pave the way for courtroom cameras, at a Sunday press conference.

“With a first-of-its-kind trial on the horizon, there’s no time to waste in opening the doors of the courthouse to the media and the American public,” the pol said.

The proposal, introduced as part of the state’s pending budget plan, would take effect 90 days after becoming law. Trump’s trial isn’t expected to start for months.

Still, the trial judge would make the ultimate decision on whether to allow cameras in the courtroom, with or without the state law, but legislation would presumably make the path and argument for them easier.