Updated 3:10 p.m. EST — Former President Donald Trump has entered a "not guilty" plea to all 37 felony counts against him in relation to his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Upon arriving at the courthouse in Miami, the former president was booked and fingerprinted. A mugshot was not taken due to the president being easily recognizable.
Original story — Following his second indictment, this time for his improper storage and possession of potentially classified documents he had at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, former President Trump has been arraigned in federal court in Miami.
Trump has maintained his innocence in the Department of Justice’s case against him, arguing that he was allowed to possess the documents as the former commander-in-chief.
In an interview with Americano Media carried on Audacy’s WAXY in Miami on Monday night, Trump pushed what he was calling Bill Clinton’s “Sock Drawer Defense” as the reasoning for his innocence.
The "Sock Drawer Defense" is a reference to a case focused on Bill Clinton classifying a batch of interviews recorded on cassette tapes as "personal" so that he could maintain possession after his presidency.
“Bill Clinton won a case many years ago. They call it the ‘Socks Case’ because, I guess, they took things out in their socks. And the judge ruled in favor of Clinton, that he was allowed to have it. So I was allowed to have it,” Trump said.
Trump went on to criticize the recently released indictment, saying that Clinton’s case and the Presidential Records Act were not even mentioned in it.
“They don’t even mention that in the indictment,” he added. “They don’t mention the Presidential Records Act, and they don’t mention the ‘Socks Case.’ They don’t even mention it. It’s really incredible to people.”
The crowd outside the courthouse appeared early on Tuesday morning, with those both in support of the former president and against him. The protestors appeared to remain peaceful while he turned himself over to authorities.
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