Donald Trump and Walt Nauta, his personal assistant, will voluntarily turn themselves in to the federal court in Miami today, June 13. The proceedings begin at 3:00 pm. They are expected to plead not guilty on all charges.

Trump and his associates will enter through an underground garage, so there will be no news coverage of him entering and leaving the building. He will not be required to post bail.

Trump will be accompanied by his lawyer, Todd Blanche. He can not practice law in Florida, but the Judge may allow him to represent Trump during the very brief arraignment. The arraignment will take place in the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse.

Also, Trump’s personal assistant, Walt Nauta, will be charged with 6 counts as he helped Trump hide boxes of documents and lied to the FBI. He previously served the US in the Navy. There is considerable speculation that he will flip on Trump, if prosecutors offer him a deal. But, this might not be the case, as the prosecution might not really need his cooperation.

See link for additional information:

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/politics/trump-court-appearance-what-to-watch/index.html

Today’s event is historic. Trump will likely have a press conference tonight and will likely call the arraignment a disgrace, and claim that Biden is trying to lock him up, so he can not run for president. He will claim there is a double standard, and he is being targeted unfairly.

The reason that Attorney General appointed a Special Counsel, is to shield the investigation from politics and go where the evidence leads them.

The indictment clearly shows that he personally was involved in taking top secret documents and later hiding them authorities and even his own lawyer. It is a total contradiction for Trump to claim that he had a clear right to the documents under the law, and then take part in an effort to hide them from everyone.

Stay tuned,

Dave