Former President Donald Trump is expected to sit for a virtual interview with a probation officer on Monday, as part of a required pre-sentencing report before Trump appears in court for his sentencing hearing next month.
Trump will participate in the interview from Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, with added security measures to protect the call, according to NBC News. Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, is also expected to be on the call with a female probation officer.
The former president is awaiting sentencing after he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. His July 11 sentencing hearing will fall just days before the beginning of the Republican National Convention.
Probation interviews typically delve into the subject's background information - which could include Trump's health, living conditions, social relationships and affiliations with individuals who have criminal records.
While pre-sentencing hearings are typically held in person, some experts argued that the former president's presence in a probation office would be too disruptive.
"It is highly unusual for a pre-sentence investigation interview to be done over Zoom," Martin Horn, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections and Probation, told NBC News.
"But you can argue that Trump's appearance at the probation office on the 10th floor of the Criminal Court Building in Manhattan where his trial took place, with Secret Service and press following him, would be very disruptive to the probation office and unfair to other defendants who might not want to be identified," he added. "So in the end, this might be better for the probation officer."
Sources familiar with the situation told NBC News that while the interview would be conducted remotely, it will not be held over Zoom.
