Trump arraignment: Former President to face criminal charges in Miami Courthouse

Donald Trump speaks from Bedminster Golf Club after Miami arraignment

Former President Donald Trump flew back to his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey where he gave a speech after his arraignment in Miami, Florida. He was arrested and charged with 37 criminal counts related to the mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of justice. He has pleaded not guilty.

Trump spoke to an assembled crowd of supporters where he railed against the Biden administration calling the indictment an “evil and heinous abuse of power.” He then misstated what the law says about handling classified documents saying that he had a right to keep them under the Presidential Records Act.

After laying out his legal defense, he claimed that the case was selective prosecution and that Democrats have done the same or worse. He mentioned the investigation of classified documents found in possession of President Biden from his time as VP, which were willingly turned over upon discovery.

Trump also brought up the Hillary Clinton email server saga in which the FBI determined that she should not face criminal charges and an independent investigation by the State Department found no ‘deliberate mishandling of classified information’.

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Donald Trump appeared before a judge to hear the charges brought against him in Miami. He was arraigned in a court in Florida on federal charges accusing him of possessing national security documents. He has been formally charged with 37 counts of mishandling classified records found at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

His plane, Air Force Trump takes its name from another moniker, Trump Force One, the name given to all aircraft in which the President of the United States travels. Trump decided to name his plane that way before he became president and it was a symbol during his 2016 election campaign in which he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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“Starting today, I will hold all Department of Justice nominations. If Merrick Garland wants to use these officials to harass Joe Biden’s political opponents, we will grind his department to a halt,” he declared. 

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Donald Trump has been released without conditions, except for one restriction: he cannot have contact with any witnesses in the case except via counsel.

The judge placed no limits on Trump's international travel as he was not viewed as a flight risk, nor was he forced to surrender his passport.

Donald Trump arraigned in Miami

Former President Donald Trump has been arraigned and formally accused of 37 felony counts pertaining to his mishandling of classified documents.

Trump has voluntarily surrendered to US marshals at the federal courthouse located in downtown Miami, where he will undergo the standard booking and processing procedures.

During this process, the former president will undergo fingerprinting before being escorted to a courtroom for his appearance before the judge.

It is anticipated that a DNA swab will be collected, which will be included in a federal database. Trump will likely not have a mugshot taken, and instead, his official portrait will be used. He is also not expected to be handcuffed.

Throughout the entire procedure, Secret Service agents will accompany the ex-president.

This marks the first time in history where a former president has been indicted on federal criminal charges.

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The former president had already been placed under indictment on 34 other criminal charges relating to the fraud case involving Stormy Daniels. After pleading not guilty to all the charges the court case beckons in December.

Trump today faces seven counts, including mishandling classified documents and obstructing efforts to investigate the storage of the files at his Florida home.

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For the second time this year, Donald Trump will enter a courtroom and be formally charged with a crime. This time the charges are federal, and the former president is expected to appear at his arraignment in Miami this afternoon. The judge in the case will be US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Donald Trump. However, today’s proceedings will be overseen by US Magistrate Judge John Goodman.

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Hello and welcome to AS USA's live blog covering the second arraignment of former Presidnet Donald Trump that has taken place this year. 

This time he will enter a federal court in Miami, Florida, where he will be charged on thirty-seven counts related to the mishandling of classified materials and obstructing processes to obtain the documents. 

Later this evening Donald Trump is expected to speak publically about the arraignment and we will bring you the latest on that as well as reactions from both Democratic and Republican officials.