Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be formally arraigned Tuesday in Miami after a federal grand jury indicted him June 9th on 37 counts, stemming from his handling of more than 300 classified documents that were found in his primary residence in Florida.
Trump’s appearance at the Wilkie D. Ferguson U.S. Courthouse will mark his second appearance as a criminal defendant in three months. He was arraigned on April 4 in a New York courthouse on charges of falsifying business records related to hush money payments.
Aileen Cannon, a U.S. district judge appointed by Trump to the federal bench, will oversee the case: guiding how quickly it moves to trial, the selection of jurors and what evidence can be presented to the jury. Magistrate Judge John Goodman will oversee the arraignment.
Trump arraignment timing
What will happen (times are approximate):
3 p.m. Tuesday: According to Trump, he will be at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse after traveling about 12 miles through Miami from Trump National Doral.
Miami is about 70 miles south of where federal agents seized hundreds of classified records in August from Trump’s property in Palm Beach, Florida, following allegations that he took classified records from the White House after leaving office.
Trump expected to make public statement
8:15 p.m. Tuesday: Trump says he will make a public statement at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster (N.J.), where he will travel following his arraignment. He took a similar approach on April 4: After being arraigned in New York he flew to Florida where he spoke from Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach residence.
Read the Trump indictment, which includes 37 charges
A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida filed a 44-page indictment on charges related to the hundreds of classified documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
- 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act
- One count of conspiracy to obstruct justice
- One count of withholding a document or record
- One count of corruptly concealing a document in a federal investigation
- One count of concealing a document in a federal investigation
- One count of scheming to conceal
- One count of making false statements and representations for allegedly causing his lawyer to certify that all classified documents had been turned over to federal authorities on June 3
Contributing: Rachel Looker, USA TODAY Network reporting and research; Associated Press
