Key takeaways:
- Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday, ahead of his first court appearance on 37 felony charges.
- Trump has said that Tuesday’s court session will take place at 3 p.m. and he will plead not guilty on all charges.
- The charges against Trump come after a grand jury determined that there was sufficient evidence to charge him with a crime.
Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday, ahead of his first court appearance on 37 felony charges. Trump is accused of illegally taking highly classified documents from the White House to his Florida club and refusing to return them.
Trump left his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Monday en route to Miami, where he will be arraigned on federal charges Tuesday. A crowd of about 40 supporters lined the route to his golf club, reporters on the scene said, but Trump did not roll down his window or acknowledge them.
Trump has said that Tuesday’s court session will take place at 3 p.m. and he will plead not guilty on all charges. It’s not yet clear whether the former president will appear before Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge assigned to the case, or a magistrate. Upon arrival, he headed to Miami’s Trump National Doral, where he’s expected to spend the night before his court appearance.
The charges against Trump come after a grand jury determined that there was sufficient evidence to charge him with a crime. An indictment is issued when a grand jury determines a person can be charged with a crime, based on evidence presented to them by prosecutors. An arrest is made by law enforcement if there is probable cause someone has committed a crime.
Despite the charges, Trump has pledged to stay in the 2024 presidential race even if convicted. It remains to be seen how the legal proceedings will affect his political ambitions. Tuesday’s court session will be the first step in determining the former president’s fate.
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