Former US President Donald Trump will appear in federal court in Florida at 3pm on Tuesday to face a felony charge of possessing classified documents after his term ends.
It was Trump’s second appearance in court since April, when he pleaded not guilty in New York to charges that he paid a pornographic actress to remain silent before the 2016 election.
The former US president arrived in Miami on Monday from his summer home in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he boarded a private jet to spend the night at his golf club in Miami, which is 125 minutes from Wilkie T. Ferguson. Jr. Court. .
The 49-page federal indictment alleges that the former president lied and planned to keep dozens of classified documents that he moved to his Florida home after leaving the White House in 2021.
As Miami police prepare to receive up to 50,000 protesters, a serious charge that Trump supporters say is politically motivated to block his return to the White House has raised fears of unrest.
Security has been beefed up around the “Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Court,” with right-wing groups announcing their intention to protest, including the local branch of the extremist organization “Proud Boys.”
“We encourage people to be quiet about showing their feelings,” Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican, told reporters.
Predicted experts spoke on site “Today we” No trouble since criminal charges against those who participated in the 2021 storming of the Capitol building.
“Violent extremists fear arrest if they participate in new protests in chat rooms,” former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi told MSNBC on Thursday.
At the first hearing, called a habeas corpus or arraignment hearing, the judge will explain the charges against Trump and give him his right to counsel.
He told the media that Trump is expected to plead not guilty to the 37 charges, similar to the previous trial in New York. CBS.
After arriving in court, Trump will go through the usual procedures with the accused as he is fingerprinted, photographed and led into a courtroom to appear before a judge, but he is not expected to be handcuffed.
Trump is expected to be represented by attorney Todd Blanche, who was on his legal team in his previous trial, and a law firm will also be present.
The media will not be present at the hearing while Trump is in the courtroom.
Late Monday, Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida asked media workers not to bring phones and other electronic devices into the courtroom.
Similar to his speech after the New York trial, Trump is expected to deliver a speech to supporters later in the evening from his golf club in Bedminster to affirm his innocence.
The billionaire, who turns 77 on Wednesday, is accused of possessing government secrets, refusing to return them and conspiring to obstruct the work of investigators trying to recover them.
He was also accused of sharing classified information with the public without a security clearance, a far more serious case than he had previously faced.
The indictment includes photos showing what should be National Archives boxes stacked in ballrooms, bedrooms and bathrooms at Trump’s Palm Beach home, Mar-a-Lago.
Although Trump is the first current or former US president to face criminal charges, this has not dampened his hopes of returning to the White House.
The former president, who is vying for the Republican nomination for the 2024 elections, maintained a defiant tone as he prepared to become the first US president to be subpoenaed by a federal court.
“We must all be strong and defeat the communists, marxists and far-left lunatics who are planning to destroy our country,” Trump wrote on his social network Indeed.
“Nothing like this has happened. There has never been a witch hunt like this… when you look at what they did, what they did, what they did, what they did, what they did,” Trump told a conservative Spanish-language radio station after arriving in Miami.
Trump continues to challenge ahead of a court appearance in a case involving classified documents
Former US President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday, ahead of a federal indictment for possessing classified documents after his term ended, having successfully avoided more than a dozen corruption charges that have dogged him in the past.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found Trump far ahead of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, with 81 percent of Republican voters believing the allegations against him were politically motivated.
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