Trump Arraignment: Former President Arrives At Miami Federal Courthouse As He Faces Another Set Of Criminal Charges
13.06.2023 - 21:16
/ deadline.com
UPDATE: CNN’s chyron read “Donald Trump now under arrest” as broadcast and cable networks grappled with a lack of visuals inside a a federal courthouse, where the former president faces a 37-count indictment over his retention of classified documents.
Fox News’ chyron read “Former President Trump arrested on federal charges,” and MSNBC bannered with “Trump surrenders, now under arrest.”
The arraignment is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET, and news outlets filled much of the time in between with legal analysis. On Fox News, there was much comparison of Trump’s case to that of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, and the lack of an indictment their document cases. On MSNBC, there was talk of how any other figure than Trump would face harsher penalties if they withheld documents with top secret information.
Outside the courthouse, Trump attorney Alina Habba appeared before reporters to make a statement, telling them that the former president’s charges were “the type of thing you see in dictatorships like Cuba and Venezuela,” where it is “commonplace” for rivals to be put in jail.
Trump, though, is not expected to be sent to jail but released on Tuesday, and will face a jury trial.
CNN waited to run Habba’s remarks, and cut out after she said, “The people in charge of this country do not love America. They hate Donald Trump.” CNN’s Jake Tapper then said, “OK, well, that’s a lot of crazy.”
“This type of attack on the motivations and integrity of these prosecutors is completely unfounded and destructive, and especially when we look at this case,” said legal analyst Elie Honig.
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