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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:43:19 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump attacks critics in social media rant ahead of day in courtDonald Trump is back at it with as much venom as ever on Truth Social this morning. Here he is with his usual rhetoric, in a post from about an hour ago: Getting ready to head down to Doral in Miami. We must all be STRONG and DEFEAT the Communists, Marxists, and Radical Left Lunatics that are systematically destroying our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!And taking out his anger on Kevin Stitt, the Oklahoma governor who over the weekend endorsed Trump’s rival Ron DeSantis for president: Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, who I didn’t know very well, called me before his last election to say he was in BIG trouble and very much needed my Endorsement. I LOVE Oklahoma & won 76 out of 76 Districts, something that never happened before. Ronald Reagan was next with 56. Anyway, I gave him my endorsement, he immediately went way up, and won. Now, despite the fact that DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden, & me, Stitt just endorsed him. Wow! He disliked “the Indians” & my great Senate pick!
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:43:41 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:45:32 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:46:48 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Donald Trump has vowed to appoint “a real special ‘prosecutor’” to “go after” Joe Biden and his family if he wins re-election next year. In an all-caps post on Truth Social, Trump said: Now that the ‘seal’ is broken, in addition to closing the border & removing all of the ‘criminal’ elements that have illegally invaded our country, making America energy independent, & even dominant again, & immediately ending the war between Russia & Ukraine, I will appoint a real special ‘prosecutor’ to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the USA, Joe Biden, the entire Biden crime family, & all others involved with the destruction of our elections, borders, & country itself!
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:49:25 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Miami officials are due to hold a news conference regarding preparations and security measures for Donald Trump’s arraignment in federal court on Tuesday.
Florida mayor Francis Suarez starts the news conference by saying that preparations have already began for Trump’s appearance in federal court tomorrow. He says officials will “make sure everyone has the right to peacefully express themselves and exercise their right to protest”.
Up next is Miami police chief Manny Morales, who repeated that the city is ready for protests of any size. “We’re taking this event extremely seriously. We know that there is a potential of things taking a turn for the worst, but that’s not the Miami way,” Morales said. “We’re bringing enough resources to handle crowds, anywhere from 5,000 to 50,000. We don’t expect any issues,” he continued.
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 13:50:05 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Mayor Francis Suarez returned to the podium to say that Miami will draw on its experience from the protests that followed George Floyd’s death in 2020 during Donald Trump’s arraignment tomorrow. “During the George Floyd protest, there were 10s of 1,000s or 1,000s of people on our streets in Miami. We were prepared. I think we were a model for how to deal with those protests in the country,” Suarez said. “And I have full faith and confidence that our department, as the chief just said, that has dealt with many, many kinds of protests that are very, very large, we’ll have the right action plan and we’ll have the right resources in place in the right place to make sure that there are no incidents.”
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 15:45:12 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Donald Trump arrives in Florida, with legal team still in fluxDonald Trump has arrived in Florida ahead of his arraignment in Miami tomorrow, CNN reports, and with his legal team for the appearance still in flux:
At the White House press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre said that Joe Biden’s root canal was successful, and “the president is doing just fine,” the Guardian’s David Smith reports:
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Post by Webster on Jun 12, 2023 15:45:45 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:12:19 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Donald Trump set to appear at Miami courthouse to answer federal chargesDonald Trump is expected to at 3pm ET today appear at a Miami federal courthouse to answer charges brought by special prosecutor Jack Smith over the classified documents discovered last year at his Mar-a-Lago resort. It’s not the first time the former president has appeared as a defendant in court – Trump was arraigned in New York City two months ago after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, accused him of falsifying business records ahead of the 2016 election, a case that remains ongoing. But the charges brought by Smith are even more serious, with potentially long jail sentences and chilling national security implications. The former president is expected to mount a vigorous defense, and there’s a chance the case will not be resolved by the time of the 2024 election, where Trump looks like a good bet for the GOP’s nomination. Thus, today is likely to be the first episode of a long series of court dates for the former president. Donald Trump's other legal battle: finding the right lawyerBy all indications, Donald Trump’s appearance today in a Miami federal courtroom to answer the charges brought against him by special prosecutor Jack Smith will be the first step in lengthy legal proceedings that may not wrap up before the 2024 election. It’s also worth remembering that Smith isn’t finished with his work yet: besides overseeing Trump’s prosecution for allegedly hiding government secrets at Mar-a-Lago, he may still indict the former president in the months ahead for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection and the plot to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. Today is nonetheless a big day for Trump, but as the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell reports, he’s had some trouble finding lawyers to represent him: Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges for retaining national security materials and obstruction of justice by two of his existing lawyers, despite trying to recruit a local Florida lawyer willing to join his legal defense team.
The lawyers making an appearance with Trump on Tuesday will be the top former federal prosecutor Todd Blanche and the former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump’s co-defendant, his valet Walt Nauta, will be represented by Stanley Woodward.
Trump and his legal team spent the afternoon before his arraignment interviewing potential lawyers but the interviews did not result in any joining the team in time for Trump’s initial court appearance scheduled for 3pm ET on Tuesday after several attorneys declined to take him as a client.
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:16:29 GMT -5
A supporter of Donald Trump outside the Miami court where Trump will appear. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters Dominic Santana, who is not a fan of the former president, outside the Wilkie D Ferguson Jr US courthouse in Miami. Photograph: Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:27:51 GMT -5
(The Guardian) As the Guardian’s David Smith reports, Donald Trump’s arraignment today – in which he is expected to hear the charges filed against him in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment and likely enter a plea – is no laughing matter. This will be the first time a former American president has ever faced federal charges, and it’s possible that at the end of all this, Trump will be behind bars: Donald Trump, the former US president, is set to face the sobering reality of a courtroom on Tuesday afternoon as he stands accused of illegally hoarding classified information in a case watched around the world.
The justice department’s first prosecution of an ex-president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardised national security and involves Espionage Act charges carrying the threat of a significant prison sentence in the event of conviction.
Tuesday afternoon’s arraignment in Miami, Florida, comes with Trump leading the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, potentially turning his bid for the White House into a battle to stay out of prison. As president he could appoint favourable justice department officials or even seek to pardon himself.
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:46:53 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump on way to courtDonald Trump is on his way to court in Miami, which we know in part because TV networks are following him in helicopters as we know they are wont to do, from the experience of his New York indictment in April. We have had reports that the former president will not be handcuffed, made to empty his pockets or told to stand for a mugshot. The BBC reports that he will be fingerprinted. Trump arrives at Miami courthouse for arraignment on federal chargesDonald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Miami where he will be arraigned on charges related to the classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
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Post by Webster on Jun 13, 2023 14:47:55 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Live video from outside the Wilkie D Ferguson Jr US courthouse in Miami shows lots of marked and unmarked police cars with lights flashing, police officers carrying an array of weapons and equipment and an ambulance at the ready. There’s also a crowd of the former president’s supporters carrying signs reading “I stand with Trump”. What the cameras have not managed to yet spot: Donald Trump. He’s said to be entering through a side door of the courthouse.
As he drove into Miami to face the first federal charges ever brought against a former president, here is what Donald Trump had to say on Truth Social: ON MY WAY TO COURTHOUSE. WITCH HUNT!!! MAGA
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