Trump indictment live: Trump rakes in $2m from Bedminster speech after pleading not guilty to federal charges
Trump’s second arraignment: Watch how it happened
Donald Trump is marking his 77th birthday on Wednesday as the first current or former president arrested on federal criminal charges in American history.
On Tuesday, Mr Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in a Miami federal courthouse on 37 charges over his handling of classified national security documents after leaving the White House.
Miami officials had braced for protests outside the courthouse but much of the Maga army of supporters failed to show up as expected. One anti-Trump protester jumped in front of the former president’s motorcade.
Mr Trump then flew back to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he gave a speech launching into his usual unsubstantiated narrative that he is the victim of political persecution. According to figures confirmed to media outlets, his 2024 campaign raked in $2m from the event.
The speech was widely lambasted by critics for its litany of falsehoods while also offering a possible preview of his roughshod defence to the charges against him.
Meanwhile, former vice president Mike Pence told CNBC that having reviewed the indictment, he “cannot defend what is alleged” by prosecutors, as more Trump allies appear to change their tune.
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Over on Fox News, Florida Republican Rep Carlos Giménez doesn’t seem impressed:
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 22:10
Why the Biden, Clinton, and Pence cases are different to Trump’s
…in classified documents cases involving President Joe Biden and former vice president Mike Pence, both men cooperated with federal law enforcement and returned those records. Ms Clinton was not found to have deliberately mishandled classified information or obstruct justice in the recovery of communications.
Mr Trump, according to prosecutors, did exactly that.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 22:00
Trump fans harass British reporter who asked him if he’s ‘ready for jail’
Donald Trump fans were caught on video harassing a British journalist who asked the indicted former president if he was “ready for jail” as he visited Miami’s Versailles restaurant.
Sophie Alexander, a producer for Sky News, was verbally abused inside the famed eatery which Mr Trump quickly stopped at after he pleaded not guilty to mishandling secret documents at the federal courthouse in the city.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 21:42
Trump is ‘failed leader’ who ‘doesn’t care about the American people’, says Chris Christie
Following the arraignment of Donald Trump on federal criminal charges, more of the Republican primary candidates appear to be finding their footing and changing their tune from their initial response to the indictment against him.
One particularly vocal critic from the get-go has been former Trump ally and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has long-aligned himself as anti-Trump and is now running against him for the 2024 GOP nomination.
During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, Mr Christie did not hold back when asked how he would differentiate himself on the debate stage from Mr Trump.
Here’s how he answered…
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 21:23
White House condemns Fox News chyron calling Biden ‘wannabe dictator’
The White House has fired back after a producer at Fox labeled the president a “wannabe dictator” in a chyron Tuesday evening while former President Donald Trump spoke about his criminal indictment.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the incident “wrong” at her daily briefing on Wednesday.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 21:05
Tucker Carlson has quite a theory on Trump’s arrest
Tucker Carlson pushed a new conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is being prosecuted for calling out Washington DC insiders over Iraq and weapons of mass destruction in his latest Twitter show.
Graeme Massie has the story.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 20:45
Rachel Maddow explains why MSNBC did not air Trump’s post-indictment speech
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 20:26
World leaders silent on Trump indictment
In the final days of the 2016 U.S. election campaign, European Union leader Donald Tusk could no longer contain himself: “One Donald is more than enough!” he wrote on Twitter. When Trump was elected less than a week later, it made for an awkward start to what proved to be four difficult years of trans-Atlantic relations.
As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely. But hardly a single world leader has said a thing recently about the man leading the race for the Republican party nomination.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 20:15
All the Trump allies who have now changed their tune over indictment
Barr, Pompeo, Pence, Halley… are the GOP primary candidates beginning to line up against Donald Trump?
After two indictments and now 37 federal charges, some of the once loyal allies of the former president seem to be turning their backs on him.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 19:45
Watch: Asa Hutchinson says ‘wrong’ for GOP candidates to float Trump pardon
Speaking to ABC News Live, Republican primary candidate Asa Hutchinson says of his fellow GOP presidential candidates promising to pardon Donald Trump: “It’s wrong. It’s unjustified. It’s a bad precedent. They’re politically pandering to get votes using the federal pardon power…I want our candidates to show more courage.”
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2023 19:30
