Trump pleads “not guilty” to the 37 federal charges against him

The former president of USA donald trump pleaded Tuesday in federal court in Miami “not guilty” of the federal charges filed against him in the case of the secret documents found in his house in Floridaand asked for a jury trial.

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Trumpthe first president and former president in the history of USA facing federal indictment, appeared today before federal judge Jonathan Goodman in connection with 37 charges brought against him by a Grand Jury for handling classified documents in sea-a-lakehis mansion in South Florida, after leaving the White House.

The former president’s lawyers (2017-2021) pointed out in the room that it was not necessary for the 37 charges contained in the indictment were readsince they already knew them.

“We certainly plead not guilty”pointed in the room todd blanchelawyer of Trump during a hearing.

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The Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that it was not necessary for Trump to hand over his passport, given that he can travel by USA and even abroad.

Trump entered the courthouse through an underground tunnel shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. GMT), after leaving his hotel in the city of Doral, and shortly afterward, his fingerprints were taken. and went to court.

Biden “has not been involved. The president has always been very clear. The Department of Justice is independent.”pointed out the spokeswoman for the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre, in response to a question from a journalist at a press conference.

Along with Trump, his aide Walt Nauta, who is accused as a co-conspirator, was also prosecuted today.

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The former president attributes the accusation led by the special prosecutor jack smith to one “great witch hunt” launched by the current US president, Democrat Joe Biden, and which responds to a campaign of “election interference”, as he reiterated today on his social network Truth.

Of the 37 charges to which he must answer Trump31 correspond to the crime classified as deliberate withholding of national defense information, according to the prosecution.

The others are for conspiracy to obstruct justiceway concealment “corrupt” of a document or record, concealment of a document in a federal investigation, plan to conceal, and false statement and representation.

Source: Elcomercio

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