Trump indictment - live: Trump greets fans with free food after arrest, not guilty plea at Miami arraignment

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in a Miami courthouse on 37 charges over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, as he becomes the first current or former US president to ever face federal criminal charges.

The former president sat stonefaced in court and the plea was entered by his lawyer Todd Blanche. He arrived for his arraignment alongside codefendant Walt Nauta, at a federal court in the Southern District of Florida shortly before 2pm ET for the 3pm hearing. He had previously vowed to plead not guilty to all charges.

Despite his confidence and extensive protestations online, The Independent exclusively revealed that Mr Trump was struggling to find attorneys willing to defend him in Florida.

Miami officials meanwhile were braced for protests outside the courthouse with Mayor Francis Suarez saying at a press conference that the city is enacting plans to “make sure that everyone has a right to peacefully express themselves and exercise their constitutional rights” in “an obviously peaceful manner”.

After the hearing Mr Trump and Mr Nauta stopped at a famous family-owned Cuban restaurant in Little Havana where supporters sang Happy Birthday to him. He turns 77 tomorrow.

Key Points

• Trump arrives at federal court to face 37-count indictment

• Trump struggles to find defence counsel for Miami arraignment

• The federal charges against Donald Trump

• Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes in wild arraignment morning rant

• No new mugshot and no handcuffs, source says

Trump addresses reason he refused to give back boxes

07:10 , Namita Singh

Former president Donald Trump has finally addressed the reason he allegedly failed to return boxes of classified documents to the federal government: he’d put his clothes in them.

“Many people have asked me why I had these boxes, why did you want them?” Mr Trump said to supporters at his golf club in Bedminster yesterday evening. “The answer, in addition to having every right under the Presidential Records Act, is that these boxes were containing all types of personal belongings — many, many things, shirts and shoes, everything.”

Earlier in the day, Mr Trump was arraigned on 37 felony counts relating to his handling classified documents after leaving the presidency in 2021.

Abe Asher reports:

Trump says he refused to give back boxes because they contained ‘shoes and shirts’

Trump's historic federal arraignment was virtually invisible to the public

06:50 , Namita Singh

Former president Donald Trump’s federal arraignment in Miami yesterday was historic — yet virtually invisible to the public.

In an era when people are accustomed to instantly available images and sounds of important events, Mr Trump’s not-guilty plea to charges of hoarding classified documents was a step back in time. Hundreds of photographers and television crews were at the courthouse — many broadcasting live from outside — but they couldn’t show the key moments inside the courtroom.

Efforts by news organizations to loosen restrictions that generally prohibit cameras in federal courtrooms failed, despite the event’s unprecedented nature. It was a stark contrast from Mr Trump’s arraignment in New York earlier this year.

He eventually found a way Tuesday to fill the void after leaving the courthouse — with a stop at a Cuban restaurant, where he could bathe in the cheers of supporters.“This is the visual he wants — I just left the court. I’m good,” said CNN’s John King.

Earlier, he arrived at the courthouse to be booked and enter his plea and then left without being seen. Cameras followed a motorcade of black vehicles with tinted windows.

“This is a little bit old-fashioned,” said Fox News Channel’s Mark Meredith. “We’re not going to be able to see what’s going on in the courtroom.”News organizations had petitioned the court to allow photographs of Mr Trump to be taken prior to his arraignment, and permit the public release of an audio recording of the court proceeding after it was done. Yet on Monday night, US magistrate judge Jonathan Goodman denied the requests.

Also Monday, chief US district judge Cecilia Altonaga ordered that no journalists could possess electronic equipment anywhere in the courthouse on the day of the arraignment. Prior to her order, credentialed journalists at the courthouse had been allowed to use cell phones and computers.

“It’s kind a black hole inside the building,” said David Reiter, executive producer of special events for CBS News.

Most reporters in the courthouse were confined to an overflow room, where they watched the proceedings on “the kind of televisions you get in low-cost hotel rooms,” CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane said.

Special counsel Jack Smith stared at Trump throughout hearing, reports say

06:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Special Counsel Jack Smith reportedly stared down former President Donald Trump throughout the entirety of Mr Trump’s arraignment in Miami on Tuesday.

Abe Asher has the story.

Special counsel Jack Smith stared at Trump throughout court appearance, report says

Trump’s defence team still taking shape as he appears in court

06:10 , Namita Singh

Donald Trump was accompanied by two of his attorneys yesterday when he appeared in a Miami courtroom and pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges. But his defense team is still evolving after at least three key members left in recent weeks.

Attorneys Todd Blanche and Chris Kise appeared with the former president during his arraignment, days after two other lawyers who had been helping Mr Trump’s defence – Jim Trusty and John Rowley – resigned in the wake of his indictment. Both Mr Blanche and Mr Kise indicated at the hearing that they would remain on the case permanently.

Mr Trump has also sought to add a Florida-based criminal defence lawyer to his team in the days since his indictment, according to sources familiar with the conversations. No one has been publicly named.

Lindsey Halligan, a Florida attorney who has primarily handed insurance matters, has also been involved in the case as an attorney for Mr Trump. She did not appear in court yesterday.

Mr Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. He was charged last week.

Tucker Carlson blasts ‘filthy and decadent’ Trump aides who exploited his need for flattery

05:50 , Namita Singh

Tucker Carlson, the fired Fox News host who now broadcasts on Twitter, hit out at aides to former president Donald Trump who he claims prayed on his susceptibility to flattery to gain power and subvert his political agenda.

Carlson’s rant against the likes of former vice president Mike Pence, former secretary to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo came on the day Mr Trump was arraigned on 37 felony counts for mishandling classified documents after the conclusion of his presidency and impeding government efforts to get them back.

“The stealthier ones took another path: they ran towards Trump, not away from him,” Carlson said in his social media monologue.

“They sucked up to him. They ingratiated themselves to a man they intuitively understood was susceptible to flattery, which Trump is, and they did this to subvert Trump’s administration from the inside.”

Abe Asher reports:

Tucker Carlson blasts Trump aides who exploited his need for flattery

Protester in prison garb jumps in front of Trump motorcade

05:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Chaos erupted in Miami after a protester jumped in front of former President Donald Trump’s motorcade as he left the federal courthouse after pleading not guilty to the 37 counts against him in connection to his alleged mishandling of national defence information.

In an interview with The Independent, before the incident took place, the protester identified himself as Domenic Santana.

Andrew Feinberg reports from Miami.

Chaos erupts as protester in prison garb jumps in front of Trump motorcade

In court, Trump faced charges with no cameras present. Outside, he campaigned for all to see

05:15 , Namita Singh

Former President Donald Trump gave a wave and a thumbs-up to crowds outside the federal courthouse in downtown Miami after pleading not guilty to criminal charges. He then headed to a Cuban restaurant where he warmly greeted waiting supporters in a camera-ready scene that resembled a campaign stop, and later he railed against the charges before a friendly crowd of invited guests at a private golf club he owns.

In the largely unseen moments Tuesday — his attorney entering his plea, Mr Trump sitting grim-faced with arms folded across his chest — the gravity of being the first former president charged with a federal crime was apparent.

In the seen moments, broadcast around the world in real time, there were a long motorcade, flag-waving supporters and a smaller number of anti-Trump protesters outside the courthouse. Then the former president and 2024 candidate had a detour in mind, to a popular restaurant where he was all smiles, greeted by supporters, prayed over by a rabbi and shadowed by his personal aide, who also has been charged in the case.

Then he flew on his private jet to New Jersey, where backers welcomed him with rally-like enthusiasm, music and chants for a speech delivered before a clubhouse with columns resembling the White House.

Mr Trump has long been adroit at creating his own portrait of events, ever mindful of the power of television to shape an impression even as his actions have strained the safeguards of American democracy. The post-court itinerary was an orchestrated effort at counterprogramming as he campaigns again for president and maintains that he has been unfairly targeted by political rivals.The international attention and the screaming crowds were more signs of the extraordinary nature of the day’s events and the person at the center of it all.

A defendant like no other, Mr Trump was the first former president to appear before a federal judge on criminal charges. He also is leading the Republican field for the 2024 presidential nomination, holding his status as frontrunner even as he has faced these and other legal trouble.

Hardly any of those gathered in Miami interacted with Mr Trump, if they saw him at all through the window of his SUV. He arrived as part of a motorcade that entered the courthouse garage for his hearing on felony charges. The former president also left in the SUV with the windows rolled up before heading to Versailles, a restaurant, coffee shop and bakery that is a required stop for politicians visiting Miami.

There, the crowd serenaded him with the “Happy Birthday” song, one day before the former president’s 77th birthday.“Some birthday! We’ve got a government that’s out of control,” Mr Trump said.

Mr Trump has been making frequent stops at local restaurants during his campaign trips, in part to contrast his easy rapport with his supporters with his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Tuesday’s stop was different, aimed at showcasing Mr Trump’s continued support from GOP voters and signaling that he remains unbowed by the indictments.

05:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Moment Donald Trump enters Miami courthouse as he is indicted for second time

Defiant Trump accuses ‘corrupt’ Biden of undermining democracy with ‘evil and heinous’ federal charges

04:45 , Namita Singh

Hours after he was criminally charged in a federal courtroom in Miami, Donald Trump returned to his New Jersey club to deliver a barrage of false statements and declare his innocence in front of a throng of supporters.

The former president, who has routinely used his platforms to project allegations he faces toward his political enemies, lambasted the federal case against him as “the most evil and heinous abuse of power” under president Joe Biden, who Mr Trump falsely suggested was responsible for charging him.

“This day will go down in infamy and Joe Biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country but perhaps, even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxist tried to destroy American democracy,” Mr Trump said.

More in this report:

Trump accuses ‘corrupt’ Biden of undermining democracy after federal court hearing

Recap: Trump pleads not guilty as he makes history as first president to be criminally charged – twice

04:30 , Oliver O'Connell

For the second time in three months, the man who served as the 45th President of the United States stood before a judge as a defendant in a criminal case that could cost his freedom for a significant portion of his remaining lifespan.

Flanked by attorneys Todd Blanche and Christopher Kise, Donald Trump entered a Miami federal courtroom as US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman formally presented him with a 37-count indictment accusing the former president of illegally retaining national defense documents and other classified materials at his Florida home, and obstructing government efforts to reclaim them.

Asked to enter a plea to the charges, Mr Blanche replied on behalf of the twice-impeached and now twice-indicted former president: “We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty.”

Andrew Feinberg in Miami and Alex Woodward in New York filed this report.

Trump makes history as first president to be criminally charged – twice

Desperate deflections, revenge plans – and a supplicant Fox News: What we learned from Trump speech

04:15 , Namita Singh

Donald Trump was in typical form on Tuesday evening as he appeared before a throng of supporters in Bedminster, New Jersey, to denounce his latest criminal indictment.

The ex-president delivered a roughly 30-minute address to a crowd of fans who descended upon the golf club to hear him swipe at political rivals and anyone else whose own actions he thought could be used to paint his own as harmless.

It was a rambling speech broken up by an impromptu singing of “Happy Birthday” from Mr Trump’s harmonically-challenged fans, whose rendition of the tune dissolved into a slurred mess by the conclusion.

But it was also revealing in that it previewed the roughshod defence that Mr Trump and his legal team apparently hope to make before a judge, as the former president aimed a shotgun-like spray of similar accusations at nearly every other prominent occupant of the White House of the past decade and a half.

So what can we learn from the former president’s remarks?

My colleague John Bowden explains:

What we learned from Trump’s post-arraignment speech

Fox News misidentifies woman as Melania Trump at arraignment

04:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Fox News host John Roberts apologised to viewers during a broadcast on Tuesday afternoon after the network mistakenly misidentified a woman as Donald Trump’s wife Melania.

As the network was broadcasting a live feed of Miami, Florida where Mr Trump was arraigned in his federal indictment, they put the spotlight on a woman with long hair wearing large sunglasses.

Ariana Baio reports.

Fox News misidentifies woman at Trump arraignment as Melania

03:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Voices: This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

03:35 , Oliver O'Connell

Clemence Michallon writes:

Trump isn’t just being arraigned, he is being arraigned again. This should make these new proceedings more damning, not less, than the first, and yet, I worry that some might experience today with a sense of deja vu. And with that sense of deja vu might come a slight dulling of our experience as witnesses to that event. We might, already, be getting used to it — seeing the former president turn up in court, speculating as to whether he will pose for a booking photo, waiting to hear his plea.

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This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

Fox News calls Biden ‘wannabe dictator’ in caption

03:25 , Oliver O'Connell

Fox News identified President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator” in a wildly misleading caption on Tuesday night while simultaniously airing former President Donald Trump’s speech to supporters at his Bedminster golf club New Jersey and Mr Biden’s remarks at the White House.

Abe Asher has the details.

Fox News calls Biden ‘wannabe dictator’ as it shows Trump speech on federal charges

Trump addresses reason he refused to give back boxes

03:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Former President Donald Trump has finally addressed the reason he allegedly failed to return boxes of classified documents to the federal government: he’d put his clothes in them.

Abe Asher has the details of what he said.

Trump says he refused to give back boxes because they contained ‘shoes and shirts’

Watch: AOC jabs at Trump for trying to blame indictment on Marxists

03:05 , Oliver O'Connell

Defiant Trump accuses ‘corrupt’ Biden of undermining democracy with ‘evil and heinous’ federal charges

02:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Hours after he was criminally charged in a federal courtroom in Miami, Donald Trump returned to his New Jersey club to deliver a barrage of false statements and declare his innocence in front of a throng of supporters.

The former president, who has routinely used his platforms to project allegations he faces toward his political enemies, lambasted the federal case against him as “the most evil and heinous abuse of power” under President Joe Biden, who Mr Trump falsely suggested was responsible for charging him.

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump accuses ‘corrupt’ Biden of undermining democracy after federal court hearing

02:21 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump rounds out his speech in bombastic fashion by promising to go after the Biden family.

“I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family. Name a special prosecutor.”

“I will totally obliterate the deep state,” he adds, before declaring: “I am the only one who can save this nation.”

Watch: Fox News posts shocking chyron at end of 8pm hour

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Trump repeats his previous attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and his wife, a documentary filmmaker, on stage: “He’s a raging and uncontrolled Trump hater, as is his wife, who also happened to be the producer of that Michelle Obama puff piece.”

02:09 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump says he is the only one who has followed the law.

Watch:

02:07 , Oliver O'Connell

A brief pause for the crowd to sing Trump ‘Happy Birthday’ while he takes a sip of water.

02:06 , Oliver O'Connell

Here’ why the Biden, Clinton, and Pence documents cases are different to Trump’s:

Why Trump’s indictment can’t compare to cases involving Biden, Pence and Clinton

02:02 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump again talks about “Biden’s 1,850 boxes” of Senate papers which he donated to the University of Delaware. He claims no one was allowed to search them.

Biden permitted two FBI searches and there was no initial indication of any classified markings.

This is a very long string of falsehoods that he has often repeated.

Neither CNN or MSNBC are covering the speech live.

01:57 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump talks about “staged photos” of the boxes at Mar-a-Lago in the indictment.

They were taken by his own members of staff and turned over to the investigation.

“I hadn’t had the chance to go through the boxes... because I have a busy life,” says Trump.

He again repeats the falsehood that he was supposed to negotiate with the National Archives. He refused to hand over the documents for approximately 18 months.

01:53 , Oliver O'Connell

Mr Trump continues to repeat his own version of the Presidential Records Act.

CNN’s Daniel Dales offers these fact checks:

And yet Mr Trump continues to say that it is completely up to his discretion to take whatever documents he wants. This is not true.

01:50 , Oliver O'Connell

In his opening remarks, Mr Trump denounces the “evil and heinous” arraignment and blames President Joe Biden.

“Today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country,” according to former President Trump, adding it’s an attempt to rig and steal another presidential election. “This day will go down in infamy.”

01:46 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump steps up to the podium to... you guessed it... Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”.

Trump has arrived at Bedminster

01:42 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has arrived at his Bedminster summer home in New Jersey.

His remarks are expected soon.

Historic federal arraignment was virtually invisible to Americans

01:40 , Oliver O'Connell

Former President Donald Trump’s federal arraignment in Miami on Tuesday was historic — yet virtually invisible to the public.

In an era when people are accustomed to instantly available images and sounds of important events, Trump’s not-guilty plea to charges of hoarding classified documents was a step back in time. Hundreds of photographers and television crews were at the courthouse — many broadcasting live from outside — but they couldn’t show the key moments inside the courtroom.

Efforts by news organizations to loosen restrictions that generally prohibit cameras in federal courtrooms failed, despite the event’s unprecedented nature. It was a stark contrast from Trump’s arraignment in New York earlier this year.

Read more...

Trump's historic federal arraignment was virtually invisible to the public

In pictures: Who’s Who of Maga assembles for Trump remarks

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Trump’s second arraignment: Watch how it happened

AOC: Idea Trump is victim of a ‘two-tier’ justice system is an insult to Black and brown Americans

01:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticised Republicans who said that former president Donald Trump was a victim of a two-tiered system of justice and said it was an insult to Black and brown Americans.

The democratic socialist congresswoman told The Independent that she has not finished reading the indictment of the twice-impeached and twice-indicted former president, but planned on finishing it soon.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez serves as the number-two Democrat on the House Oversight & Accountability Committee. She said there was no comparison between Mr Trump’s refusal to turn over documents to President Joe Biden’s having classified documents, which Republicans have sought to paint as similar.

Eric Garcia spoke with the New York lawmaker on Capitol Hill.

AOC: Idea Trump is a victim of ‘two-tier’ justice insults Black and brown Americans

Judge lets columnist E Jean Carroll amend defamation claim

01:10 , Oliver O'Connell

A columnist who recently won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation jury award against Donald Trump can update a similar lawsuit with his more recent public comments in a bid for over $10 million more in damages from the ex-president, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in another legal loss for Trump.

The ruling by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan gave new life to a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll that was stalled by appeals after the U.S. Justice Department supported a request by Trump’s attorneys to substitute the United States for him as the defendant on the grounds that he cannot be held personally liable for comments made while carrying out presidential duties.

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Who is Walt Nauta?

00:59 , Oliver O'Connell

Bevan Hurley profiles Donald Trump’s valet and codefendant.

Who is Donald Trump’s indicted ‘body man’ Walt Nauta?

Where was the Maga army?

00:51 , Oliver O'Connell

After he was indicted for the second time in three months, former president Donald Trump stoked fears of possible violence by urging his supporters to show up at the Miami federal courthouse where he made his first appearance on Tuesday.

Judging from the turnout, most of his supporters didn’t seem to be listening.

Andrew Feinberg reports for The Independent from Miami.

Trump’s Maga army fails to materialise outside of federal court for his arraignment

Trump lands back in New Jersey

00:43 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has landed back in New Jersey as Senator Lindsey Graham continues to defend him over the espionage charge on Fox News.

Tucker Carlson spins new conspiracy linking Trump arrest to Iraq WMD

00:40 , Oliver O'Connell

In his latest Twitter show, 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.

Graeme Massie has the story.

Tucker Carlson spins new conspiracy linking Trump arrest to Iraq WMD

No, Melania Trump was not in Miami today for arraignment

00:30 , Oliver O'Connell

But Fox News briefly thought she was...

Ariana Baio has the story.

Fox News misidentifies woman at Trump arraignment as Melania

Pompeo slams Trump on Fox News saying his handling of secrets put US troops in danger

00:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Another senior official in the Trump administration has come out and stated that the former president is accused of serious crimes, hamstringing Donald Trump and his allies’ ability to spin his latest legal development.

Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Fox & Friends on Tuesday and delivered a sobering assessment of the charges against his former boss which dismantled the assertion Mr Trump’s allies have pushed on social media seeking to explain away the boxes of documents and classified materials at Mar-a-Lago as the president’s own property.

John Bowden reports on what he had to say.

Mike Pompeo slams Trump on Fox News over his handling of US secrets

Former US commanding general explains why military and intel officials are ‘pissed’ at Trump’s documents haul

00:12 , Oliver O'Connell

Mark Hertlin, the former Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army, has shared his thoughts on the indictment against former president Donald Trump in a lengthy Twitter thread.

Here’s what he had to say:

A former President is being indicted - for the 2d time - & there's non-stop coverage. Some good analysis, some not so good.

Many keep bringing up how "those in the military are likely the most upset about Trump absconding with intel secrets." Yes, but there's more.

Having read the indictment (4x's now), the amount & type of classified information Trump took, hid, did not secure, and refused to give back is, IMHO, gobsmacking.

Many analysts have called them "war plans." I doubt any documents fit into that specific contingency category.

The documents were likely extremely detailed intelligence assessments, w/ potential foe (& friendly) capabilities & weaknesses & US capabilities we would not want anyone - especially foes - to know.

Many have said, this isn't a document issue it's a national security issue. I have seen intel agencies, military units, foreign service officers put sweat & blood into providing these documents, making sure they are accurate.

All those individuals KNOW they must get it right, because their work, their assessments, are provided to key decision-makers.

Those who view these docs - the President, high-level military leaders, State Dept officials & others - use these assessments for critical decision making. FOR our citizens, FOR our country.

One phrase in the indictment struck me like a bullet. Trump saying: "my boxes."

None of these are "personal papers." These documents provide information/intelligence - gathered through the use of US capabilities, put together by really smart, dedicated, patriotic individuals - to be used by US officials to defend against all enemies, foreign & domestic.

Strategic leaders see and use these documents when they are in a position to serve the American people. They don't get to keep them, or review them, or show them around, or not keep them secure, when they are no longer in the position.

As a military leader in command of different organizations, I "used" each kind of the type of documents found in the trove at MAL. Each kind: Secret, Top Secret, TS-SCI, TS-HCI, NOFORM, TK, even the kinds of ones that were "redacted" (mostly likely various code word).

I was ONLY allowed to see them because they helped me make better decisions, plans, or conduct more effective operations. When I left the military or a specific job, I was "read out" of the clearance.

That's what happens to everyone, including the President.

Yes, the President has declassification authority. But that requires a process that then protects a LOT of people. Anyone who says otherwise is a moron. And anyone who says someone can do it after leaving their leadership role is even more moronic.

There's a reason I reacted viscerally to the "my papers" statement. To claim they are "his" - as if they've been given to him for personal use or vanity just like the WWE belt, the NY Post clippings, or any other trinket or memento found in these boxes - is horrid.

Yes, military & intel officials are pissed. They know the power of these documents that were treated cavalierly. All Americans should be equally pissed. But it seems many are not because of how some in government are treating this case.

We need to treat this seriously.

Ivanka Trump stays silent on father’s federal arraignment

00:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Ivanka Trump has remained notably silent about her father’s latest criminal indictment – as the former president prepares to be arrested and arraigned on a slew of 37 federal criminal charges.

Five days after a grand jury returned an indictment against Donald Trump, his daughter and former Trump administration senior adviser is yet to make any public statements acknowledging the scandal.

Rachel Sharp reports.

Ivanka Trump stays silent on father’s federal arraignment

Voices: This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

23:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Clemence Michallon writes:

Trump isn’t just being arraigned, he is being arraigned again. This should make these new proceedings more damning, not less, than the first, and yet, I worry that some might experience today with a sense of deja vu. And with that sense of deja vu might come a slight dulling of our experience as witnesses to that event. We might, already, be getting used to it — seeing the former president turn up in court, speculating as to whether he will pose for a booking photo, waiting to hear his plea.

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This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

Court sketches released

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... Mr Trump found out about Tapper’s demands and responded on Truth Social.

Fake Tapper just demanded that his broadcast be closed down from Miami because there was far too much enthusiasm on the streets for “Trump.” The good news is, he was the only one to do so, perhaps a good explanation as to why CNN’s ratings are so low!

Disgusted Jake Tapper orders CNN to cut live coverage of Trump greeting fans post-arrest

23:30 , Oliver O'Connell

CNN host Jake Tapper told the news network’s control room to stop running video footage of Donald Trump visiting a Miami cafe directly after his criminal arraignment in the city.

The former president made a quick stop at the famed Cuban restaurant Versailles after he left the federal courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to mishandling classified secret documents.

Graeme Massie has the story.

Jake Tapper tells CNN producers to stop showing live footage of Trump with supporters

Jack Smith stared at Trump throughout historic court appearance, report says

23:25 , Oliver O'Connell

Special Counsel Jack Smith reportedly stared down former President Donald Trump throughout the entirety of Mr Trump’s arraignment in Miami on Tuesday.

Abe Asher has the story.

Special counsel Jack Smith stared at Trump throughout court appearance, report says