Trump was charged and released: what will happen next and when to wait for the verdict

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in Miami on June 13 to 37 charges of mishandling classified information. He became the first president in US history to face criminal charges at the federal level. Al Jazeera.

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What is Trump accused of?

On June 9, the US Department of Justice released an indictment outlining 37 criminal charges against Trump, including 31 under the Espionage Act.

Other allegations include conspiracy to obstruct and making false statements.

Trump has been accused of illegally storing dozens of sensitive national security documents on his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida since he left office in 2021. He later refused to return them and colluded to interfere with the investigation and seizure of the documents.

He is also accused of sharing confidential US secrets with people who did not have security clearances.

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The materials he kept at his home included the nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the US and foreign governments, according to the indictment.

What will happen next

It may take a year or more before the trial.

Trump was allowed to leave court without any conditions or travel restrictions, and no bail was required. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman ruled that he was not allowed to communicate with potential witnesses in the case.

Trump aide Walt Nauta, who is also charged in the case, showed up with Trump. He, too, was released without bail and forbidden to talk to other witnesses.

Federal prosecutors are expected to begin handing over evidence to Trump's lawyers. It could take years of correspondence between Trump's defense, the US National Archives and Records Administration, and prosecutors.

At some point, Trump's lawyers are expected to file a motion to dismiss the case for a variety of reasons, including possibly his claim that he declassified documents before withdrawing them. They are also likely to argue that the case should be dismissed due to alleged misconduct by the prosecutors.

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Motions to dismiss in a criminal trial are standard but rarely successful because defendants have a hard time convincing a judge that their case is too wrong to even go to a jury.

Prosecutors also have the right to review their factual allegations at this stage.

How many protesters were near the court in Miami

Hundreds of Trump supporters gathered outside a Miami courthouse to protest the allegations.

Many of them backed Trump's claim that the case is a political smear campaign aimed at derailing his 2024 campaign for a second term.

They were seen running after his car when he arrived in a motorcade.

However, the number of protesters turned out to be less than expected, and there were fewer of them due to the large police and media presence.

A small group of protesters also attended outside the courthouse, but the day passed largely without incident.

The court turned into an election campaign

Despite the fact that he spent the morning in court, Trump, true to himself, sought to extract any political advantage from this day.

As he left the court, he gave a thumbs up and waved to the crowd before heading off in a motorcade to a popular Cuban restaurant in Miami.

There, he bowed his head with two pastors and a rabbi for prayer, shook hands with supporters, and even managed to smile and joke while posing for photos, including with UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal.

In the restaurant, people sang "Happy Birthday" - Trump turned 14 on June 77. Trump later said, "We have a government that is out of control."

Throughout the day, Trump posted several posts on his social media app, including one in which he called the case a "witch hunt."

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Trump then flew his private jet to New Jersey, where supporters greeted him at the rally with enthusiasm, music and chants. There, Trump delivered a speech in front of a clubhouse with columns reminiscent of the White House.

Will Trump be able to run for president if found guilty?

Trump is currently the leading Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race. He will still be able to run for president.

The US Constitution only requires that a candidate be a citizen by birth, aged 35 or over, and have resided in the US for at least 14 years.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On August 8, 2022, the FBI issued a warrant for search at the resort Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents that may have been delivered there.
• FBI agents seized secret recordings from the home of the 45th US President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida during an unprecedented search. Some of them have been marked as top secret.
• In this case, the US Department of Justice is investigating, Did the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump violate several federal laws related to the handling of classified documents. But that's not all: several other departments also opened cases against the 45th president.
• In addition, the FBI released the agent's testimony, which became the reason for the search of Trump's estate.
• On June 9, the U.S. Department of Justice released an indictment against Trump for mishandling classified documents after he left office in the White House - he faces 400 years in prison.
• On June 13, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was presented with allegations in the case of secret documents. At the same time, by order of the Chief District Judge of the Federal Court of Florida, cameras, mobile phones and electronic devices were prohibited in the courtroom and courthouse.
• About who in the United States has access to top-secret documents and how unique are the papers that Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago, read in our material.

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