Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal charges against him before he was booked and taken into custody

Prior to arraignment, former US President Donald Trump was taken into custody and booked into federal court in Miami by the US Marshals Service on Tuesday. Walt Nauta, his assistant and also a defendant in the investigation, was also prosecuted.

The ex-president asked to be subjected to a jury trial after pleading “not guilty” to federal charges filed against him in the case of classified documents found in his Florida home.

Trump, the first president and former president in United States history to face a federal indictment, appeared before federal judge Jonathan Goodman today in connection with 37 charges brought against him by a grand jury for examining classified documents in Mar-a-Lago, his South Florida mansion, after leaving the White House.

The former president’s lawyers pointed out to the audience that there was no need to read the 37 charges in the indictment, as they already knew them.

“We certainly plead not guilty,” Todd Blanche, Trump’s attorney, said during a courtroom hearing.

He was booked with fingerprints and photography and later appeared before federal judge Jonathan Goodman.

Nauta must reappear

Meanwhile, his assistant Waltine Nauta, who is also accused in the same case, was not prosecuted today because he did not have a lawyer to represent him in this court and a new hearing was scheduled for June 27 before Judge Edwin Torres.

The prosecution pointed out that there was no need for Trump to hand over his passport, as he can travel across the United States and even abroad.

Trump entered the courthouse through an underground tunnel shortly before 2 p.m. local time (6 p.m. GMT), after leaving his hotel in the town of Doral, and soon after was fingerprinted and made his way to court.

Along with Trump, his assistant Walt Nauta, who is accused of being a co-conspirator, was also prosecuted today.

birthday wish

After leaving the gig, former President Donald Trump was given a warm welcome at the Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. When he entered, fans chanted, “United States!” and “Donald Trump!” People rushed to look behind the windows to take pictures of him. A man outside urged people to sing “Happy Birthday” in honor of the former president’s birthday, which is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14.

Trump prayed with his supporters, some of whom put their hands on his head, according to a live report in the Washington Post. He promised “food for all”, a promise that was met with cheers.

The ex-president attributes the impeachment, led by special counsel Jack Smith, to a “great witch hunt” launched by the current US president, Democrat Joe Biden, responding to a campaign of “electoral interference”, as he put it. expressed. today on his social network Truth.