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Follow for live updates as Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Miami.Follow for live updates as Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Miami.
As former President Donald J. Trump arrived in Florida on Monday for his first scheduled court appearance related to federal criminal charges stemming from his handling of classified documents, the authorities in Miami were bracing for the possibility of large crowds of pro-Trump demonstrators massing around the courthouse.As former President Donald J. Trump arrived in Florida on Monday for his first scheduled court appearance related to federal criminal charges stemming from his handling of classified documents, the authorities in Miami were bracing for the possibility of large crowds of pro-Trump demonstrators massing around the courthouse.
Mr. Trump headed to his Doral resort in Miami, where he and his legal team were conducting last-minute interviews with lawyers to represent him when he heads to the federal courthouse on Tuesday afternoon.Mr. Trump headed to his Doral resort in Miami, where he and his legal team were conducting last-minute interviews with lawyers to represent him when he heads to the federal courthouse on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Trump has called for any demonstrations to be peaceful, but some of his backers have portrayed this indictment, in an investigation led by the special counsel Jack Smith, as an act of war and called for retribution.Mr. Trump has called for any demonstrations to be peaceful, but some of his backers have portrayed this indictment, in an investigation led by the special counsel Jack Smith, as an act of war and called for retribution.
The extraordinary event will be the former president’s second courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant, after his arraignment in April in a New York courthouse on state charges that he falsified business records in connection with a hush-money payment to a porn star just before the 2016 election.The extraordinary event will be the former president’s second courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant, after his arraignment in April in a New York courthouse on state charges that he falsified business records in connection with a hush-money payment to a porn star just before the 2016 election.
After the hearing, Mr. Trump, who has railed against the new indictment, is expected to fly back to New Jersey. He has announced that he will deliver remarks at his golf club in Bedminster at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Criminal defendants who are taken into custody before an initial federal court appearance are often handcuffed, fingerprinted and photographed for a mug shot. But it is not clear that Mr. Trump will be treated like a normal defendant. In April, authorities in New York only took Mr. Trump’s fingerprints and did not handcuff or photograph him. A person familiar with the planning for Mr. Trump’s appearance in Miami said the expectation was that there would be no handcuffs or mug shot.