Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges in an investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.
The indictment comes after more than 100 documents with classified markings were found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022.
Trump was charged with 37 counts: 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information; one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheme to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations.
The indictment of Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, is unprecedented for a former president.
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Jun 13, 4:08 PM EDT
Trump makes stop at Cuban restaurant
Former President Donald Trump is making a stop at Versailles, a restaurant in Little Havana at the heart of Miami’s Cuban exile community.
Trump leaves courthouse
Former President Donald Trump has left the Miami federal courthouse after pleading not guilty to charges including willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump arrives to the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami, June 13, 2023.Trump, alone in the motorcade, with only his Secret Service detail in his car, is next heading to a local business in Miami.
Later in the day, Trump will fly to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he’ll address his supporters Tuesday night.
Jun 13, 3:13 PM EDT
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal felony counts
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal felony counts he was indicted on last week in connection with his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Those charges included willful retention of national defense information, making false statements and representations and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Jun 13, 2:01 PM EDT
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: ‘It’s obvious what the president did was wrong’
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said it is “obvious” that Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents is wrong, and warned that the GOP will suffer political consequences if they don’t break from the former president soon.
“Well, I think it’s obvious what the president did was wrong,” he said.
And we just got to be honest, I mean, to have thousands of secrets in your house, showing them to people that were not read in and then not giving all of it back saying you gave it all back and then lying about it, I just there’s no way to defend that. And I just think the emperor has no clothes.”
Bacon, who previously expressed concern with Trump’s hold on the GOP in the past, then urged his Republican colleagues to “stand up and say that” because he anticipates Democrats do that after the GOP presidential primary.
“I think Republicans have always stood on the rule of law, we can’t walk away from that,” he said.
Jun 13, 1:55 PM EDT
Trump posts to Truth Social that he is en route to courthouse
Trump posted on Truth Social that he is on his way to the Miami courthouse.
“On my way to courthouse. Witch hunt!!! MAGA,” the former president posted in all caps.
Jun 13, 1:25 PM EDT
Asked about Trump, McCarthy repeatedly invokes Biden
A chatty House Speaker Kevin McCarthy repeatedly dodged questions about the substance of Trump’s indictment by shifting his focus to President Joe Biden.
Asked if any aspects of Trump’s indictment could be damning, McCarthy fired back: ‘There’s some things that could be damning against President Biden.”
Asked if he thinks the classified documents at issue belong to Trump, as the former president has asserted, McCarthy said he couldn’t answer that because he hadn’t seen the documents. “I haven’t seen the documents, I can’t tell you. But if they’re classified, they should be shipped back,” he said, pivoting again to documents found at Biden’s home that “don’t belong to him either.”
McCarthy said he hasn’t spoken to Trump since last week, prior to the indictment. When asked if he planned to give Trump a call, he said, “I talk to the president quite often.”
Jun 12, 4:45 PM EDT
Schumer calls for supporters, critics to ‘maintain the peace’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on both supporters and critics of former President Donald Trump to “maintain the peace” as Trump heads to federal court on Tuesday.
“This case must be allowed to play out through the legal process without outside political or ideological interference,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday. “I encourage both supporters and critics of Donald Trump to maintain the peace and let the justice system do its work.”
Republican leader Mitch McConnell has not made any public comments on the indictment since it was handed up on Thursday.
Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT
Trump lands in Florida
Former President Donald Trump has landed in Florida ahead of his Tuesday afternoon appearance in federal court in Miami.
Trump is spending Monday night at his golf club in Doral, Florida.
Jun 12, 2:31 PM EDT
Miami police prepared for crowds of 5,000 to 50,000
Preparations are underway in Miami ahead of former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday appearance in federal court, city officials said at a news conference Monday.
Wilfredo Lee/APA Federal Protective Service Police officer cordons off an area outside the Wilkie D. Ferg…
Wilfredo Lee/APFederal Protective Service Police cars line the sidewalk outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr…“We are working very closely with our federal, state and local partners to make sure we have a comprehensive approach” to maintain “peace and order,” but also to allow people the right to express themselves, Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez encouraged any demonstrators to be peaceful, adding that officials are prepared for large crowds outside the courthouse.
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