Former president Donald Trump has now claimed that the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago were “planted” in the boxes after they were obtained by the Department of Justice.
In a Truth Social rant, Mr Trump lashed out at Special Counsel Jack Smith on the morning of the former president’s arraignment at a Miami federal courthouse.
“This is the Thug, overturned consistently and unanimously in big cases, that Biden and his CORRUPT Injustice Department stuck on me. He’s a Radical Right Lunatic and Trump Hater, as are all his friends and family, who probably ‘planted’ information in the ‘boxes’ given to them. They taint everything that they touch, including our Country, which is rapidly going to HELL!” Mr Trump wrote on Tuesday morning.
Mr Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday at a federal court for the Southern District of Florida. He left Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey on Monday, staying overnight at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami, about 12 miles from the courthouse.
The arraignment has been scheduled for 3pm ET at the Wilkie D Ferguson Jr United States Courthouse on Tuesday.
This comes after a grand jury recommended criminal charges against Mr Trump and federal prosecutors subsequently issued an indictment outlining 37 counts against the ex-president, including obstruction and the unlawful retention of national defence information.
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