Trump is now under arrest and booked on federal charges (2024)

Former President Donald Trump was placed under arrest by deputy US Marshals and his booking process and that of his aide and co-defendant Walt Nauta have been completed, CNN reports from inside the courthouse.

The marshals are expected to take electronic copies of his fingerprints at some point during today’s proceedings. They are not expected to take a mugshot of Trump given his recognizability.

What else is expected during the proceedings: Trump will enter a plea and there will be a discussion of the conditions of his pretrial release. It's also possible that potential restrictions are brought up about Trump’s conduct as the case moves forward.

Tuesday’s proceedings will be overseen by a magistrate judge, expected to be Jonathan Goodman, who is the magistrate on duty in Miami this week.

CNN's Jeremy herb contributed reporting to this post.

CNN’s Abby Phillip has more:

Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Miami, Florida, for anunprecedented and historic court appearanceas the first former president toface federal chargesin US history.

Trump is expected to be taken into custody and placed under arrest by US Marshals and arraigned during a court hearing before a magistrate judge. He’s expected to plead not guilty to the charges.

Special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump in a 37-count indictment last week, alleging that Trump mishandled classified documents brought to his Mar-a-Lago resort and engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Trump's co-defendant, Walt Nauta, traveled with the former president to the courthouse in a separate vehicle. Nauta also is scheduled to appear before the magistrate judge today.

Former President Donald Trump has left his resort in Doral, Florida, and heading to a federal courthouse in Miami, where he will be arraigned in the case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith.

What happens next: Once he arrives, Trump will be taken into custody and placed under arrest by US Marshals. He will then be arraigned during a court hearing before a magistrate judge. He’s expected to plead not guilty to the charges.

Trump faces 37 counts in relation to the handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort property after he left office.

Co-defendant and Trump aide, Walt Nauta, is expected to be traveling with him and is also scheduled to appear in court today.

Former President Donald Trumppostedto Truth Social that today is “ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY" shortly before his expected arraignment this afternoon.

"WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE!!!" Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.

Trump is currently on his way to a federal courthouse in Miami, where he will be arraigned in the case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. He faces 37 criminal charges related to his handling of classified documents at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort after he left office.

The area around the federal court in Miami, Florida, where former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear has been put on a "soft lockdown," CNN's Ryan Young reports.

Young noted that law enforcement is managing traffic and the crowds of people that are forming.

Miami Police Chief Manny Morales told CNN that security operations have been "very smooth so far" and that no incidents have been reported amid protests outside the courthouse.

“We're just kind of monitoring the traffic and we're getting in the crowd and we're looking for individuals that might be trying to agitate other parties and we're just keeping them separate,” the chief said. “Our bicycle response team has done a phenomenal job kind of keeping the folks at bay."

"Everybody has been behaving as we expected," he added. "We just want everybody to kind of peacefully demonstrate their first amendment rights, and we'll make sure everybody gets home safe."

See what it looks like outside the courthouse:

CNN’s Rebekah Riess contributed reporting to this post.

Donald Trump will appear in a federal courthouse in Miami Tuesday afternoon for an unprecedented and historic court appearance as the first former president to face federal chargesin US history.

Trump is expected to be taken into custody and placed under arrest by US Marshals and arraigned during a 3 p.m. ET court hearing before a magistrate judge. He’s expected to plead not guilty to the charges.

Special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump in a 37-count indictment last week, alleging that the former president mishandled classified documents brought to his Mar-a-Lago resort and engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. Trump’s aide Walt Nauta was also charged in the indictment and is expected to appear in court alongside the former president.

Trump was indictedearlier this yearby the Manhattan district attorney's office on charges related to hush money payments to an adult film star, but Smith's indictment marks the first federal charges against a former president.

The court proceedings are largely going to be routine, but the circ*mstances surrounding the indictment are anything but – and law enforcement is making preparations for large protests outside the courthouse in Miami. Trump is expected to speak Tuesday evening once he returns to his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort.

Here’s what to know about Tuesday’s court appearance.

What happens when Trump gets to the courthouse: Once inside the building, Trump will be placed under arrest and processed. Deputy US Marshals are expected to take Trump’s fingerprints electronically but are not expected to take a mugshot of the former president.

Then Trump and his attorneys will appear before Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman for his arraignment and initial appearance. The magistrate judge will confirm with Trump that he understands his rights under the Sixth Amendment, including his right to a speedy trial.

Trump’s attorneys will likely waive a formal reading of the indictment, and the former president is expected to enter a plea of not guilty to all 37 charges.

Federal prosecutors are expected to ask the magistrate judge to limit Trump’s communications with any potential witness to guard against possible witness tampering. Trump will likely be released pending trial on personal recognizance.

Personal recognizance is a no-cost bond, which would not be a financial provision ensuring future appearances. Instead, the defendants are taken at their word they will return to court for future proceedings.

Future hearings will be held beforeJudge Alieen Cannon, who has been assigned to the criminal case going forward, and a preliminary hearing before Cannon could be scheduled during this initial appearance.

Unlike his arraignment in New York, it’s possible Trump won’t be seen entering or leaving the Miami courthouse Tuesday. Former Miami chief of police Jorge Colina told CNN Monday that the courthouse has an underground garage that Trump’s motorcade is likely to use.

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As Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, prepares to face a judge for the second time in 10 weeks, the members of his party are continuing to weigh in on his indictment by the special counsel in the documents case.

Here's what some Republican lawmakers are saying today about Trump:

Sen. Lindsey Graham acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations of mishandling of classified documents laid out in the federal indictment of Donald Trump.

Graham said he would continue to support Trump, but would not clarify if he'd keep supporting Trump should the former president be convicted.

"I intend to support the president," Graham, adding he doesn't think the case will go to trial before the election.

Sen. Thom Tillis would not say if he’s concerned about the allegations in the indictment.

“That’s what the prosecution has to prove,” he said.

Tillis also claimed that Trump could be a viable 2024 candidate: “If you take a look at him, everyone counted him out in 2016 so I don’t think you should underestimate Donald J. Trump.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise this morning was pressed on the substance of the indictment of the former President and immediately pivoted to talking points that “justice is not being carried out equally.”

Scalise went on to falsely claim the pictures of the boxes released over the weekend merely showed unclassified newspaper clippings.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri, attacked the Biden administration ahead of the arraignment of Trump this afternoon.

“This isbanana republic stuff. It's a very dangerous road to go down in this country to have these sort of political prosecutions. As a former AG. I'm very sensitive to this.”

Trump endorsed Schmitt in his Senate run in 2022, although it was quite late in the process.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican of Iowa, said, "Whenever you have these accusations, it's got to concern you," and added, "we have to just let the thing play out and and just see what happens but I'm reading all I can on it and trying to keep up.”

Grassley did not answer CNN on whether he has read the full indictment.

Rep. Don Bacon harshly criticized Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and issued a strong warning about the indictment's impact the Republican presidential primary.

"I just think the emperor has no clothes, and we need to have Republicans stand up and say that, because come around after the primary and I guarantee the other party's going to be saying this," he said.

Bacon pushed back on Republicans who have questioned the legitimacy of the charges, saying that, if all the allegations in the indictment are true, "I don't think you can deny it."

Former President Donald Trump stayed up late into the night before his arraignment at a federal courthouse in Miami, rallying his allies to his defense as he railed against special counsel Jack Smith in private, sources tell CNN.

Trump has continued to attack the special counsel publicly as well, despite advice from his legal team who urged him not to do so. Those attacks come as he's still attempting to add another attorney to his legal team and they could complicate those efforts, one person close to the former president said.

Trump is ultimately unhappy about being indicted but told his team he is pleased that the charges were filed in his home state of Florida rather than Washington, DC, believing this will benefit him.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s concerned with “every aspect” of the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump— which details his alleged mishandling of classified documents and attempts to avoid law enforcement's efforts to retrieve them.

She added, “People have said that this was his own making. He had a way forward if he had erroneously some of these documents, he had a chance to return them, present them back, but he just doubled down."

Remember: Murkowski was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial connected to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The senator from Alaska pushed back strongly against members of her own party who have floated the possibility of subpoenaing the special counsel’s office for documents or testimony from Jack Smith, saying “We have to take this seriously.”

Murkowski said that taking out “whoever has delivered the message" should not be an option. "I’m sorry, we don’t do that."