NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsDonald Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment today (June 13) in Miami facing 37 charges laid out in a federal indictment, before travelling to Bedminster, New Jersey to hold a rally <\/p>\n
Donald Trump\u2019s spokesperson calls charges against former president politically motivated\u2019 <\/p>\n
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Donald Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in a Miami federal courthouse on 37 charges over his handling of classified national security documents after leaving the White House. He is now the first current or former US president to ever face federal criminal charges.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump sat stonefaced in court for the arraignment with his arms crossed as the plea was entered by his lawyer Todd Blanche. Sitting with him was codefendant Walt Nauta. <\/p>\n
Miami officials had braced for protests outside the courthouse but much of the Maga army of supporters failed to show up as expected. There were still some confrontations and one anti-Trump protester jumped in front of the former president\u2019s motorcade as he left court.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Mr Trump and Mr Nauta stopped at a famous family-owned Cuban restaurant in Little Havana where supporters sang \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to him. He turns 77 tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The former president returned to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he made his first public remarks after court vowing to go after the whole \u201cBiden crime family\u201d and calling the arraignment \u201cthe most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country\u201d.<\/p>\n
1686705690Trump rounds out his speech in bombastic fashion by promising to go after the Biden family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family. Name a special prosecutor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will totally obliterate the deep state,\u201d he adds, before declaring: \u201cI am the only one who can save this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:21<\/p>\n
1686705307Watch: Fox News posts shocking chyron at end of 8pm hourOliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:15<\/p>\n
1686705081Trump repeats his previous attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and his wife, a documentary filmmaker, on stage: \u201cHe\u2019s a raging and uncontrolled Trump hater, as is his wife, who also happened to be the producer of that Michelle Obama puff piece.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:11<\/p>\n
1686704946Trump says he is the only one who has followed the law.<\/p>\n
Watch: <\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:09<\/p>\n
1686704870A brief pause for the crowd to sing Trump \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 while he takes a sip of water.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:07<\/p>\n
1686704769Here\u2019 why the Biden, Clinton, and Pence documents cases are different to Trump\u2019s: <\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:06<\/p>\n
1686704530Trump again talks about \u201cBiden\u2019s 1,850 boxes\u201d of Senate papers which he donated to the University of Delaware. He claims no one was allowed to search them.<\/p>\n
Biden permitted two FBI searches and there was no initial indication of any classified markings.<\/p>\n
This is a very long string of falsehoods that he has often repeated.<\/p>\n
Neither CNN or MSNBC are covering the speech live.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 02:02<\/p>\n
1686704250Trump talks about \u201cstaged photos\u201d of the boxes at Mar-a-Lago in the indictment.<\/p>\n
They were taken by his own members of staff and turned over to the investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hadn\u2019t had the chance to go through the boxes… because I have a busy life,\u201d says Trump.<\/p>\n
He again repeats the falsehood that he was supposed to negotiate with the National Archives. He refused to hand over the documents for approximately 18 months.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 01:57<\/p>\n
1686704029Mr Trump continues to repeat his own version of the Presidential Records Act. <\/p>\n
CNN\u2019s Daniel Dales offers these fact checks: <\/p>\n
And yet Mr Trump continues to say that it is completely up to his discretion to take whatever documents he wants. This is not true.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 01:53<\/p>\n
1686703857In his opening remarks, Mr Trump denounces the \u201cevil and heinous\u201d arraignment and blames President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country,\u201d according to former President Trump, adding it\u2019s an attempt to rig and steal another presidential election. \u201cThis day will go down in infamy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 01:50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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