On Monday, Trump's attorneys met with Smith and his team in Washington, D.C. Trump attorneys Lindsey Halligan, from left, John Rowley and James Trusty exit the Department of Justice on Monday after meeting with federal prosecutors The investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents is being overseen by a special counsel, Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Attorney General Merrick Garland in November. Security is already being increased around the courthouse in Miami ahead of his appearance before a judge, scheduled for 3pm on Tuesday. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Trump also said he would 'of course' plead not guilty. 'I'm an innocent man, I did nothing wrong,' he continued, vowing to 'fight this out.' 'Very sadly we're a nation in decline and yet they go after a very popular president,' Trump said. Later Thursday night, he put out a video. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. 'I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. 'The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is 'secured' by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time,' Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night. The probe exploded into the headlines in August when the FBI searched Trump's Florida home, recovering 11,000 documents, including about 100 that were marked as classified.įor his part, Trump has repeatedly insisted he did nothing wrong and that he is the victim of a federal witch hunt.Īt times the controversy has even boosted his standing in the polls and allowed him to raise money from supporters who see a 'deep state' plot to take him out of the 2024 race. Photos of him facing the judge in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial, which starts in March, will dominate news cycles and the classified documents case leaves him in even more legal peril. It means the leading candidate in the Republican primary will have to split his time between the courtroom and the campaign trail as he tries to seal the GOP nomination. It is the second set of charges leveled at Trump this year, plunging the country into fresh legal and political uncertainty as he campaigns to return to office and after his defeat to President Joe Biden in 2020. If convicted of the shopping list of allegations, he could face a maximum of 100 years in prison. Later he said he would 'of course' plead not guilty to the list of seven charges - including conspiracy and classified documents retention - when he appears in a Miami court next Tuesday afternoon in his second arraignment in three months. In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has hit him with seven counts and has made him the first former president to face federal charges.Ī furious Trump raged at the 'corrupt Biden Administration' and accused them of election interference in a video posted just minutes after the announcement from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Former President Donald Trump has been sensationally indicted on a slew of federal charges including obstruction and a violation of the Espionage Act over the classified documents he took from Mar-a-Lago.
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