Donald Trump will be arraigned in federal court today, Miami braces for protest

 

  • Court appearance takes place at 3 pm ET in Miami
  • Expected to plead not guilty to 37 counts
  • Will voluntarily turn himself in before that
  • Will be fingerprinted digitally
  • Mugshot will likely not made public
  • Will not be handcuffed

Former president Donald Trump will be arraigned in Miami federal court Tuesday to face 37 counts connected to his keeping hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach after leaving the White House.

Trump has his first appearance scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in downtown Miami. Federal agents and police, media and crowds of supporters and detractors are expected to fill the streets around the courthouse.

 

 

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Updates:

Times are Eastern Standard Time

 

12:52pm

Police motorcycle escort arriving at Doral.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1668659961801453569 Play

 

1:33pm

Trump Motorcade heading to Miami Courthouse

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1668674339820953602 Play

 

1:46pm

Trump posts to social media from motorcade

 

1:52pm

Trump arrives at Miami Courthouse

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1668678566731456512 Play

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1668678847191982080

 

2:14pm

Donald Trump formally arrested on federal charges, will appear before a judge shortly

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1668683739180703745 Play

 

3:00pm

  • Trump now in federal court

  • Special Counsel Jack Smith is in attendance

  • Trump pleads “not guilty” to all 37 federal charges

3:15pm

  • Trump has been released without any travel conditions, as he is reportedly not a flight risk per the judge.

  • The judge said that former President Trump could have no contact with any witnesses in the case

3:55pm

  • Trump motorcade leaves courthouse through crowded streets

  • Protesters, one wearing a prisoner costume, jump in front of Trump’s motorcade as he leaves court

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1668710687915253760 Play

 

4:15pm

Trump makes a stop at Cafe Versailles after leaving courthouse

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1668715242019340288 Play

 

5:00pm

  • Trump departs Miami airport for New Jersey

  • will deliver speech at 8pm from Bedminster

  • mantisteabaggin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 years ago

    It makes me sick seeing 10x the amount of cops as were present for Jan 6 there just to protect this fucking dipshit. There’s something really wrong about that.

    • marco@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      They prevented the Capitol Police from getting sufficient number of people and equipment without permission from Trump and he never gave it, if I remember correctly.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    The news I want is increasingly local. City council stuff, crime, policing, road closures, public transit issues, events, new businesses & organizations, “area man grows amusingly-shaped potato”, “local landlord fined for hosting illegal pony fights in tenants’ attic”.

  • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    The Average US President has been indicted 1.54 times. (Trump is the only US president to ever be indicted.)

    Shamelessly stolen from someone on Mastodon (unfortunately I can’t find the toot).

    • VoterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      How does the math on that work? Number of indictments / number of Presidents = 1.54 would imply that the number of times Trump has been indicted exceeds the number of Presidents the U.S. has had and that ain’t right…

      • reverendsteveii@beehaw.orgEnglish
        0·
        3 years ago

        yeah, I think comment OP got number of times indicted (I think twice so far?) confused with number of charges (37 or so for this indictment, more in the past and more forthcoming)

  • Kaiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    All I know is that if I were indicted with the same charges, I’d be sitting in prison awaiting trial

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      If any of us were indicted on even 1 of his 37 charges we would have been rotting in federal prison for the past 3 years

    • TechyDad@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      Trump keeps claiming that he’s being treated differently and he’s right, but not in the way he means it. He’s not being persecuted. He’s being treated with exceptionally soft kid gloves.

      He was given multiple chances to return the stuff he took. He was asked politely before a subpoena was issued. He was given time between the subpoena and the raid to turn everything over. After the raid, he wasn’t immediately arrested and tossed behind bars. They even allowed him to come in and skip some procedures like being handcuffed and getting his mugshot taken.

      He’s been given way more considerations than anyone else who committed even remotely the number of infractions that he committed would get.

      If Trump wants to not get treated differently, I’m all for it. Arrest him and toss him in jail while he waits for his trial. As a bonus, suddenly his usual tactic of delay, delay, delay won’t be as attractive.

  • backwardWorm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Sad we don’t get to see his mugshot or see him in handcuffs. If only the rich were treated the same as everyone else

    • Fauxreigner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      I’m torn on the mugshot. On the one hand, I agree with your general point. On the other hand, he’ll just use a mugshot to bilk money out of his marks. But on the gripping hand, last time they just photoshopped a mugshot, so does it really matter if he has a real one?

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’m sure that the people showing up in jail outfit cosplay will be entirely well behaved individuals…

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlBannedEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    The gears of justice turn so slowly when you’re part of the political class.

    They gave him so many chances to undo what he did and walk away without being charged.

    It’s a travesty it’s taken this long to just get here, and even further travesty that he will likely to continue to be accommodated as he tries to slow things down and run out the clock, hoping to win the election before conviction, so he can pardon himself.

  • Stoneykins@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    I would love to see him in a regular prison like he deserves, but can a person with secret service protection even get anything worse than house arrest? I’ve been unable to find clarifying information on this.

    What he deserves is to not have special treatment anymore, but who knows how it will happen

    • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      I would imagine convictions related to espionage would probably strip you of any secret service protection. People argue that it’s a former president’s right to have SS protection, but remember the SS hasn’t always been about protecting anyone, the used to only be counterfeit currency police