United States history was once again made after DOJ-appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team formally indicted scandal-plagued ex-President Donald Trump on multiple charges related to the infamous stolen document scandal. This brutal indictment serves as the former president’s 2nd official indictment in a number of weeks, and his first formal indictment on federal charges stemming from the US Department of Justice.
Smith, on behalf of the Biden DOJ, has been investigating the former president for his role in inciting the January 6th Capitol insurrection, his attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election after his loss to Joe Biden, and the infamous stolen Mar-a-Lago document scandal, in which Donald Trump stole classified government documents at the end of his presidency, relocated the material to his Palm Beach compound, where he hid them, lied about his possession of the materials, and repeatedly refused to comply with government requests and subpoenas for their return.
This bombshell development is finally set to come to a head this afternoon, as scandal-plagued former President Donald J. Trump will face his formal arraignment on a staggering 37 felony charges in a Miami court at 3 p.m. ET. this afternoon.
Smith’s explosive indictment serves as the very first time in United States history that the Department of Justice has indicted either a sitting or a former US president. Donald Trump has already confirmed during a recent Fox News appearance that he, unsurprisingly, intends to plead not guilty to all of the charges lodged against him.
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Trump traveled to Miami on his private plane yesterday and plans to travel via motorcade to the Miami courthouse, where cameras will not be allowed inside the courtroom, per customs with regard to federal charges.
Donald has, of course, made thorough use of his Truth Social platform to inform the world, in no uncertain terms, of how he feels regarding these massive federal charges. But CBS News has shed a bit of additional light on Trump’s apparent mood and mental state as he prepares to face his second historical arraignment.
CBS spoke with sources familiar with the situation who confirmed that the disgraced former president huddled with his top advisers at his Trump Doral hotel. According to their reporting, some of Trump’s top advisors described his mood ahead of the federal arraignment as “defiant and confident” and once again confirmed that he plans to “fight” the federal charges lodged against him by Smith and the DOJ.
The publication reports, “Trump’s supporters sat at the bar on Monday night and said they plan on gathering at the courthouse on Tuesday. Miami officials said they are prepared for large crowds.”
Read the full report with real-time updates from CBS News here.
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