A man tries to stop the convoy in which Trump arrived at the court in Miami. BRENDAN MCDERMID | Reuters
The former president entered the courtroom avoiding the crowd. Immediately after that, as required by protocol, he was arrested by court bailiffs, and not long after that, his fingerprints were taken.
Donald Trump pleaded “not guilty” on Tuesday to federal charges against him for breaking the law by keeping and hiding several hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago mansion after leaving the White House.
The first president and former president in US history to face federal impeachment appeared before a judge Jonathan Goodman in federal court in Miami — though he won’t be prosecuting the case, a task that fell to him Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump himself – to hear 37 charges brought against him by a grand jury, 31 of which are crimes classified as the willful concealment of national defense information. Along with him, his assistant Walt Nauta was prosecuted, accused of cooperating with Trump in hiding classified documents and lying to investigators.
The former president arrived at the court with more than an hour in advance. He entered the interior through an underground tunnel, thus avoiding a crowd of cameras and fans, as well as detractors who were waiting for him for hours in front of the building with a strong police guard.
As protocol dictates, the tycoon surrendered to the bailiffs, and shortly thereafter his fingerprints were taken – although, as stated in the internal accusation, he avoided being photographed – and went to court.
“We certainly plead not guilty,” said the lawyer. Todd Blanche, yes according to The Washington Post He specializes in the defense of “white glove criminals” and has already represented the former president in the porn actress Stormy Daniels bribery case.
As he already did in his civil indictment in March, Trump spent hours leading up to his time in court rant against Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, in charge of federal cases against the former president. So Smith is also leading an investigation into the former president’s attempts to undermine the results of the 2020 election in the state of Georgia. According to Trump, Smith is “thug” that he would “plant” information in the boxes that were confiscated from him in the castle in order to accommodate him.
Dinner in Little Havana
Its processing lasted about 50 minutes. After the procedures, the candidate for re-election in 2024 was released and went to the Versailles restaurant, in the Little Havana district, known for its conservative parish. After that, he planned to return to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on fundraising dinner.
No one like Donald Trump would take advantage of what would kill any other politician. In the week that followed his indictment on criminal charges related to the Stormy Daniels case in New York, the former president collected a whopping $12 million (about 11.15 million euros). At last night’s dinner, Trump hopes to raise the total two million dollars. This will put him in competition with Florida Governor Ron De Santis, who has already received eight million dollars.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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