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Who are Auburn's top defensive players according to Pro Football Focus? Taylor Jones 4–5 minutes Looking ahead to what Auburn’s defense could look like in 2023, it is clear that the Tigers will be heavily experienced in the secondary. Auburn’s front seven needed the most attention following the departures of Derick Hall, Owen Pappoe, and Colby Wooden to the NFL. Auburn also lost Jeffrey M'ba and Dylan Brooks, two players that were expected to fill those roles, to the transfer portal. Buy Tigers Tickets Auburn added players such as Elijah McAllister, Jalen McLeod, and Justin Rogers to play key roles in the front seven, but Auburn’s secondary will be filled with homegrown talent. Players such as D.J. James, Nehemiah Pritchett, and Keionte Scott return to Auburn’s secondary. They should take a step forward and capitalize on last season’s performances in 2023. Auburn fans can expect the aforementioned names to have solid seasons based on Pro Football Focus data. From solid pass rushers to those who give opposing receivers fits, here’s a look at Auburn’s top defensive players ahead of the 2023 season based on last season’s PFF grade. AP Photo/Stew Milne 2022 PFF Grade: 63.9 Cayden Bridges appeared in all 12 games last season for Auburn, playing in a total of 386 snaps. In 15 chances, he made 12 tackles while missing just three and allowing just two touchdowns. Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 2022 PFF Grade: 66.4 In 12 games last season, Jayson Jones made 12 tackles with just one miss in 370 snaps. His highest graded attribute was overall tackling, where he graded out at 74.0. AP Photo/Brandon Wade 2022 PFF Grade: 66.6 Larry Nixon III brings plenty of experience with him from North Texas. He played in 14 games last season for the Mean Green and made 82 tackles, which was the second-highest on the team behind fellow linebacker KD Davis. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack 2022 PFF Grade: 66.9 Elijah McAllister only played 258 snaps last season for Vanderbilt, but he made noise with his limited opportunities. He made 16 tackles with just three misses, and he recorded seven QB hurries. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports 2022 PFF Grade: 70.6 Nehemiah Pritchett is one of the most experienced returning defensive backs that the Tigers will use this season. He participated in 676 snaps over 12 games in 2022 and broke up eight passes. Opposing receivers also caught just 28 of the 58 passes thrown in his direction. Photo by Declan Greene 2022 PFF Grade: 70.9 Justin Rogers was a top-10 defender at Kentucky last season by making 21 tackles in 23 opportunities. He was credited with 11 total pressures last season, which goes hand-in-hand with his 70.9 rush defense grade. Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser 2022 PFF Grade: 71.0 Jaylin Simpson is the highest-rated returning safety that fits the criteria of at least 11 games played. He saw action in 12 games last season, totaling 556 snaps. He made 31 tackles with just four misses, and opposing receivers caught just 55.6% of passes thrown in his direction. Michael Chang/Getty Images 2022 PFF Grade: 71.7 Out of the players to make the list, Keionte Scott is Auburn’s returning leading tackler. He made 42 stops last season, trailing just Owen Pappoe, Cam Riley, and Derick Hall in the category. His highest overall grade is in coverage, where he scored a 71.0 last season. AP Photo/Stew Milne 2022 PFF Grade: 82.3 Auburn’s highest-graded returning player is D.J. James. His initial season on the Plains after transferring into the program from Oregon was a memorable one, as he allowed opposing receivers to catch just 40.7% of passes, and he allowed just two touchdowns. He was second on the team in pass breakups with six, trailing only Nehemiah Pritchett (8). Expect James to be just as impactful in 2023. AP Photo/Nell Redmond 2022 PFF Grade: 86.6 Jalen McLeodwas Appalachian State’s third-highest-graded defender last season due in part to his 37 total pressures, which included six sacks. He transfers into a defense that will benefit from his pass-rush ability. He received a pass-rush grade of 90.7, which would have led Auburn’s 2022 defense by nearly seven points.

si.com Nehemiah Pritchett "loves" Defensive Coordinator Ron Roberts defense Andrew Stefaniak 2–3 minutes Nehemiah Pritchett believes Ron Robert's defense is "player friendly." When Coach Freeze was brought on as the head man on the Plains, he chose Ron Roberts to lead the defense. The question was, how quickly would the team adjust to this new defense? Auburn corner Nehemiah Pritchett joined the On To Victory Podcast to discuss this topic. When asked about the new defense by Zac Blackerby, Pritchett responded, "I love the new defense. I feel like it's player friendly. Me being here, I've had three different coordinators, so I've kinda picked different things from different DC's. Most of it is the same, but they call it different stuff. It makes it easier to pick up on it that type of way. But I think it's a plug-and-play defense. We have a really versatile secondary, so at times, I think you can put Keionte (Scott) at corner and me at nickel. I think we'll be all right. We'll be fine." It's good to hear that everyone is adjusting to Coach Roberts defense quickly. This secondary will be elite in 2023, so hearing that all of these guys are comfortable with what their roles will be has to make Auburn fans feel good about the upcoming season. Pritchett and DJ James will be one of the best one-two punches in the country this season. Watch out for this Auburn defense in 2023 under coach Ron Roberts.

Predicting Auburn’s 2024 SEC slate, vol. 1 Taylor Jones 4–5 minutes The Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns will officially join the SEC in July 2024. To prepare for this addition, the SEC officially announced that it will keep its traditional eight-game model when it comes to conference scheduling. However, there will be one slight change. The conference will scrap divisional play in favor of having the two best teams in the conference at the regular season’s end meeting in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game. The Auburn Tigers will learn its eight-game fate on Wednesday, June 14 as the SEC will release the 2024 conference schedule for each program as part of a primetime special on SEC Network. Ahead of Wednesday’s reveal, Auburn Wire writers will each submit their picks for Auburn’s eight-game slate. Kicking things off is Auburn Wire managing editor Taylor Jones. Here’s a look at how Jones sees Auburn’s 2024 SEC schedule taking shape. at Alabama Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics Let’s go ahead and get the no-brainer out of the way. The SEC’s eight-game slate will allow each team to lock in one rival on its’ schedule. For Auburn, that will be the Alabama Crimson Tide. The only question regarding this game, is the network that the game will be broadcasted on. CBS’ contract with the SEC ends following the 2023 season, which opens the door for many broadcast possibilities. at Georgia The annual game with Georgia, in 2024 anyway, is in jeopardy due to the “one permanent opponent” rule that each team in the SEC gets. But due to the longevity of this rivalry game, I expect the SEC to keep this game alive. at Mississippi State From a geography standpoint, I see Mississippi State finding its way onto Auburn’s schedule. Auburn holds a large advantage in this series, but both teams have won five games over the other over the last ten seasons. It would be a competitive game for Auburn. at Texas I expect Auburn to get the chance to play newcomer Texas in 2024 in Austin. The Longhorns hold a 5-3 advantage over Auburn, but the Tigers have won the last two meetings. The only worry I have is that Auburn may have to travel to Texas early in the season, having to compete in the grueling heat that the Lone Star state exhibits in September. vs. Florida Florida is an opponent that I wish Auburn could play more often. The first-ever Auburn game I attended was in 2001 when Auburn upset the No. 1 Gators at Jordan-Hare Stadium. It seems that each Auburn-Florida game is enterainment-filled, and would be a fun experience for each fan base. vs. Kentucky According to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, he hopes that each SEC team will have the chance to play other teams within the conference more often. Auburn has only played Kentucky six times since 1995, with both teams only playing twice in the 90s. If Sankey’s intentions come true, then Auburn should definitely play Kentucky in 2024. vs. Ole Miss Something tells me that the SEC will try to sneak another fellow SEC West team onto Auburn’s schedule. The best chance to get that spot is Ole Miss. Arkansas and LSU will more than likely get a strong dose of Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M, which will limit their chances to play Auburn. vs. Vanderbilt John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Since the SEC expansion that welcomed Arkansas and South Carolina into the conference in 1992, Auburn and Vanderbilt have played ten times, most recently in 2016 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers and Commodores are set to square off in Nashville in 2023, but Vanderbilt is due to return to the Plains. Why not in 2023? Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire

Pair of signees yet to enroll for Auburn summer workouts Nathan King 2–3 minutes Hugh Freeze told reporters last month that he academics were a holdup for the enrollment of two members of his inaugural recruiting class Auburn is still missing a pair of signees from its 2023 class. Set to enroll with the program this summer, freshman receiver Daquayvious Sorey and JUCO defensive lineman Quientrail Jamison-Travis have still yet to report to campus, as reflected in the team's updated 2023 roster, which omitted both players' names. Hugh Freeze told reporters last month that he academics were a holdup for the enrollment of two members of his inaugural recruiting class with the program, though he did not name the signees. "I feel good about one of them," Freeze said. "The other, truthfully, I have a hard time knowing what to feel, really." Auburn began summer workouts May 30. Sources informed Auburn Undercover that Jamison-Travis is still expected to join the team, while Sorey's path to doing so will be significantly more difficult. At 6-foot-4 and 280 pounds, Jamison-Travis is rated as the nation's No. 3 JUCO defensive lineman by 247Sports, and he committed to Auburn over Penn State. Last season at Iowa Western Community College, he logged 45 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks. The No. 33 receiver recruit in the class, Sorey is as athletic as they come, and he chose Auburn over Florida last fall, then stuck with the new staff and first-year receivers coach Marcus Davis. Commitment analysis: What Auburn is getting in versatile DB Kensley Faustin Auburn continues to add talent for the 2024 class with the commitment of a Florida prospect.

Speedy instate WR Bryce Cain commits to Auburn Christian Clemente ~3 minutes Bryce Cain went into his visit and Elite Camp at Auburn with Ole Miss holding a slight lead before his decision. But by the time Friday was over, it wasn't even close. The speedy in-state wide receiver, who ran a 4.40 at Auburn, has announced his commitment to Auburn. "I just think it felt like home," Cain said. "The coaches can develop and I feel like they can take me to the next level. I love it here. It just feels like home. It feels like the best place for me. I can fit in with everybody. It’s great, I love it." In fact, the choice between the Tigers and the Rebels didn't end up being a close one. "The tour, really," Cain said. "It just blew Ole Miss out of the water, I ain’t going to lie. The camp, everything. The coaches." Being primarily recruited by Marcus Davis, Cain showcased his speed and skillset during Friday's Elite Camp. After the camp and getting to spend more time with Davis and head coach Hugh Freeze, he gave them the good news. "Yeah, it was upstairs in his office," Cain said. "They were shocked that I just committed on the spot. (I told them) ‘Hey War Eagle, War Eagle. I’m committed, I’m committed all the way. I’m coming to Auburn.’" Cain's commitment kickstarts what's already been a productive month of getting talent and top targets on campus, now Auburn's staff adds one to the commitment list. In the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, Cain is the No. 678 overall player, No. 87 wide receiver and No. 32 player from Alabama. At 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, Auburn's staff fell in love with Cain's blazing speed and ability to make plays in the slot. "I’m a small guy, so slot receiver is going to be the best for me," Cain said. "I’m really fast, so it’s going to get a lot of people open. We’re going to win these games. I’m going to be one of the dominant slot receivers. I’m going to get the ball a lot according to Walker White." White and Cain worked together during Friday's camp, building up a bond on and off the field. "Oh yeah, I think I have all the chemistry I need with him," Cain said. "We’re going to be a good duo." From Baker (Ala.), Cain plans to shut down his recruitment, saying, "This is it." His message to the fanbase? "Hey War Eagle, I’m finna get after it," Cain said. "Y’all going to see me on that field and I’m going to play hard." Auburn now has six commitments in the 2024 cycle as Cain joins White, tight end Martavious Collins, defensive backs A'Mon Lane and Jayden Lewis and running back J'Marion Burnette.

Hugh Freeze named one of the most impactful hires off the offseason JD McCarthy 2–3 minutes After the Auburn Tigers moved on from Bryan Harsin during last season, the pressure was on the Athletics Director John Cohen to nail Auburn’s next head coach. He ultimately settled on Hugh Freeze and while he hasn’t coached a game yet, the early reports are promising on. He’s plucked several exciting players from the transfer portal and has the Tigers in the mix for several impressive recruits. These moves caused Brad Crawford of 247Sports to name him his third most impactful coaching hire of the offseason and someone he expects to win quickly. Look how quickly Freeze, a coach who has beaten Saban more than once as a head coach in the SEC, has altered the trajectory at Auburn in his infancy on The Plains. Not only have the Tigers formed a notable coaching staff around him, but Freeze landed an elite transfer class this cycle, including a rebuilt offensive front and several playmakers at the wide receiver position — not to mention grabbing Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne for help in that room. Freeze has won at every coaching stop and has done more with less at his last two jobs — Ole Miss and Liberty. He’ll get the best talent he’s ever had at Auburn and win very quickly as a result. The Freeze era will officially start on Sept. 2 when the Tigers host UMass in Jordan-Hare Stadium to start the season. The game will start at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be aired on ESPN.

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Where things stand • Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in federal court in Miami Tuesday on 37 counts stemming from the Justice Department's investigation into his handling of classified documents. • Trump pleaded not guilty to all of the charges and was released from federal custody. • He is the first former U.S. president ever to face federal charges. • Miami police had been bracing for up to 50,000 protesters, but the demonstrations outside the courthouse were largely peaceful. • After the arraignment, the former president flew from Florida to New Jersey, where he is expected to address his indictment in a speech at his golf resort in Bedminster at 8:45 p.m. ET.

Trump sits silently in Miami courtroom, pleads not guilty in historic case 11.3k Jay Weaver, Grethel Aguila, Aaron Leibowitz, Michael Wilner Tue, June 13, 2023 at 2:04 PM CDT Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Miami federal court to a 37-count indictment accusing him of deliberately keeping at his Palm Beach estate government documents that contained highly sensitive defense, weapons and nuclear information and of obstructing efforts by U.S. authorities to reclaim them. In a packed courtroom, Trump entered his plea in a historic case marking the first federal prosecution of a former president and a potential hurdle in his renewed quest for the presidency in the 2024 election. “We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty,” said attorney Todd Blanche, who was representing Trump in court alongside Chris Kise, a Florida-based attorney to the former president since last fall. Trump was arraigned a day before his 77th birthday, appearing before Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman on the 13th floor of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse in downtown Miami. Trump was released on his own recognizance with no monetary bond and no travel restrictions. There were conditions that he not have any communications about the case with any witnesses. Prosecutor David Harbach told the judge that his team would prepare a list of witnesses with whom Trump cannot communicate about the case before trial. Trump did not say anything during the 45-minute proceeding. Much of the time he was seated, hunched over with his hands clasped in front of him, with a stern and serious expression. A heavy presence of security was seen inside the courtroom, with two rows of security personnel including Secret Service agents seated behind the former president. U.S. Marshals deputies were also in the courtroom. Before the hearing started the courtroom was silent. At the end of the hearing, Trump got up and was escorted out a side door. The indictment, returned by a Miami federal grand jury last Thursday, accuses Trump of willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. A former presidential aide, Walt Nauta, who continued to work for Trump after he left the White House, was also charged in the indictment. Nauta is accused of conspiring with Trump to obstruct justice, including hiding classified documents at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate and club as well as lying to FBI agents about concealing them. Nauta didn’t enter a plea and his arraignment was postponed until June 27 because he did not have local counsel. He was granted the same bond as Trump and released on his own recognizance. Shortly after 2 p.m. a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that both Trump and Nauta had been booked. There was no mugshot taken of Trump and a public photo was used for the procedure, a U.S. Marshals official said. Federal agents walk by the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Miami. Former President Donald Trump is making a federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents. The special counsel, Jack Smith, was in the courtroom but did not speak. The courtroom was full of members of the public, media, the prosecution team, Secret Service and other security officers. In the indictment, Trump is charged with deliberately keeping documents with classified markings at his Palm Beach estate. It also cites two occasions during the summer of 2021 when the former president allegedly shared classified information about a Defense Department plan to attack a foreign country with a writer, publisher and two staffers at his Bedminster Club in New Jersey. He is also accused of showing a classified map about a U.S. military operation to a representative of his political action committee. “The classified documents Trump stored in the boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the U.S. and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation to a foreign attack,” according to the indictment. It noted that the former president stored them in various locations at Mar-a-Lago, including a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office, his bedroom and a storage room. For Trump, who is running in the 2024 presidential election, the new indictment marks the first time that he has been charged in federal court but the second time he has been charged with a crime. In April, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charged the former president with a series of fraud-related offenses stemming from paying hush money totaling $130,000 to a porn actress at the height of the 2016 election to prevent her from going public about their alleged sexual encounter. ‘Twists and turns’ ahead Ryan Goodman, former special counsel to the general counsel of the Department of Defense and a law professor at New York University, said there were no surprises in the developments today — “but the road ahead will have its twists and turns.” “The most important variable now is whether Judge Aileen Cannon continues to be assigned to the case, or whether the damage to the public confidence in the courts will require her to step aside,” Goodman said. Trump’s case, unsealed on Friday, was randomly assigned to U.S. District Judge Cannon. She was nominated by Trump and joined the federal bench just days after he lost the November 2020 election. Last year, she was widely criticized for her handling of his civil case challenging the FBI’s seizure of classified documents at Trump’s private residence. Cannon’s favorable decisions for Trump, including appointing a special master to review more than 100 classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago, were condemned by an appeals court in Atlanta that included two Trump-nominated judges. “This prosecution will require a delicate balancing between the needs of the intelligence community to keep U.S. national security secrets safe during the discovery and trial proceedings and, on the other hand, the rights of the defendants not to be tried with secret evidence,” Goodman added. “It will require a judge of the utmost skill and integrity to maintain public confidence in the proceedings and to know where to draw the lines that the law requires.” Robert Ray, a member of Trump’s defense team during his first impeachment trial, said that the former president’s attorneys are likely to delay proceedings in the case by raising constitutional issues. “The government doesn’t have to prove damage to the interests of the United States — but as far as a jury is concerned, if this is just a mishandling of documents, I don’t find that to particularly warrant the heavy hand of the government returning felony charges against a former president. If harm did come to the United States, that’s a different story. And that has yet to be determined,” he said. Other legal experts said the government’s case won’t rise or fall on Trump’s mere possession of the classified records, but rather his “willful retention of national defense information” in violation of the Espionage Act, with each count carrying up to 10 years in prison. “That makes it very difficult to defend,” said veteran Miami criminal defense attorney Mark Schnapp, a former federal prosecutor in South Florida. Schnapp added that the reason the case was returned by the grand jury in Miami instead of Washington, D.C., “is because Trump retained the documents here, not there.” While Trump was inside the courtroom Tuesday, a group of protesters and supporters gathered outside the courthouse carrying signs and some wearing costumes. Miami attorney Alan Weisberg, one of nine people from the public who got to see Trump’s first appearance, said he was struck by the eerily quiet courtroom atmosphere before the hearing began compared with the circus-like activities outside the courthouse. “It was a routine hearing, but then you have to remind yourself that this is a man who was the former president of the United States charged with a very serious crime,” said Weisberg, a former federal prosecutor who went to law school during the Watergate era. “He was a very different person in that courtroom,” Weisberg said. “He was not the bombastic politician you see at all his rallies.”

Open in app or online happy Donald Trump Arraignment Day to all who celebrate enjoy your day in court, Donny Jeff Tiedrich Jun 13 Share Donald Trump, you stupid ******* idiot. none of this had to happen. none of it. you could be at one of your s***ty vermin-infested golf motels right now, driving your cart right up onto the green, but instead, you’re in deep s***, spending the day in front of a judge. and you have no one but yourself to blame. Upgrade to paid you could have never stolen the documents in the first place. they never belonged to you. but that simple concept — these things are not mine — is foreign to you. because you are a spoiled, imperious child who never learned that grasping something in your freakishly undersized hands does not automatically make it yours. when the National Archives asked you to return the files you stole, you could have shrugged it off as an honest mistake — my bad! my people packed in a hurry, and I didn’t even know I had this stuff. here, take it all, it’s yours — and all would have been forgiven and forgotten. it would have never been a story at all. but you’re a weak, fragile man and you needed your trophies. you needed something to brag about to your golf cronies. something to wave in the faces of randos, something to puff yourself up about. and when the Archives came asking a second time, you could have once again claimed it was an honest mistake — but you didn’t. you said outright that indeed, you took the documents, because they belonged to you, and in doing that, you ****** yourself. there goes your “oops, I didn’t know I had them” defense. the Archives gave you multiple chances to comply. the Department of Justice showed you deference you didn’t deserve. how did you respond? by hiding boxes. by moving boxes. by sorting through boxes. by lying about having already returned the boxes. and when finally you were subpoenaed, did you at long last comply? no, you did the whole song and dance all over again. and let’s talk about this: you stacked boxes in the tackiest ******* bathroom that anyone has ever seen. Jesus Christ, man, what were you thinking? why, Donald? why did you keep digging yourself a deeper hole when you were given every opportunity to just. return. the. *******. boxes. were you planning on selling state secrets? did you sell state secrets? or is it simply that you’re so ******* broken, so damaged inside, that you needed to be surrounded by totems of power? must you have constant reminders that once upon a time, long ago, you were somebody? are you that needy? that’s just ******* sad. and, finally, you lied to your lawyers. do you not grasp how monumentally ******* stupid that is? no lawyer wants to become a defendant. no wonder they all quit on you. and now, on the day of your arraignment, you’re stuck with s***ty dime-store lawyers, because you’re too ******* toxic for any respectable attorney to handle. enjoy your day in court, Donny. you built that.

Trump Arrested for Second Time in Mar-a-Lago Probe Ryan Bort 8–10 minutes Skip to main content Trump Doubles Previous Record for Presidential Arrests The former president turned himself over to authorities in Miami on Tuesday after being charged with 37 counts related to his handling of classified information Donald Trump arrives at the Miami International Airport, on June 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Win McNamee/Getty Images Donald Trump has been arrested again. The former president turned himself over to authorities in Miami on Tuesday, to be arraigned after being charged last week with 37 federal counts related to his handling of classified material. Trump stayed at his nearby Doral resort on Monday night, and left for the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. federal courthouse a little after 1:30 p.m. local time. The court prohibited journalists from bringing any phones or electronic devices into the courthouse, although a transcript of the proceedings will be provided. Trump reportedly was not be handcuffed and did not have his mugshot taken, although his fingerprints were taken with a digital scanner. His arraignment began at around 3 p.m. local time. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney Todd Blanche. Rolling Stone reported Monday night on the chaos within Trump’s legal team ahead of his second indictment and arrest, and the situation unraveled to the point that the former president was forced to spend Monday scrambling to find attorneys to represent him during the arraignment on Tuesday. He ultimately tapped Blanche and Chris Kise. Trump spent most of Tuesday ranting on Truth Social. “ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE!!!” he wrote shortly before leaving for the courthouse. “ON MY WAY TO COURTHOUSE,” he added a few minutes later. “WITCH HUNT!!! MAGA.” Trump headed to Versailles, a well-known Cuban restaurant in Miami, after pleading not guilty. “Food for everyone!” he reportedly yelled as he was swarmed by people. Walt Nauta, a Trump aide who was indicted last week and arrested Tuesday along with the former president, was there with him. A group of people appeared to be praying for him. City officials had been bracing for the possibility of large crowds outside the courthouse ahead of the historic arraignment. “We are taking this very seriously,” Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez said Monday at a press conference, citing plans for stepped-up security measures. Security was noticeably more lax that it was when Trump was arrested in Manhattan in April, although plenty of supporters and opponents of the former president congregated outside the glass-coated, two-tower downtown Miami courthouse, which has a ground-level outdoor plaza. The circus-like cast of characters who showed up included a pro-Trump demonstrator dressed up as Uncle Sam and singing a “Rocket Man” parody, and an anti-Trump demonstrator walking around with a pig’s head on a stick. Editor’s picks Trump had encouraged his supporters to gather around the courthouse in Miami and protest the federal charges against him. “They have to go out and they have to protest peacefully,” he said during a radio interview with his ally Roger Stone. The former president clearly wants to turn the indictment into a rallying point for his supporters. He’s also been fundraising off the indictment, and he is expected to fly to New Jersey after the arraignment to speak at his club in Bedminster. Trump faces a 37-count grand jury indictment on charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a record or document, and concealing a document in a federal investigation. The charges stem from his alleged refusal to cooperate with a prolonged government effort to retrieve scores of classified material Trump took to Mar-a-Lago upon leaving the White House in 2021. Trump’s residence is about a two-hour drive from the federal courthouse in downtown Miami, where he became the first former president to be arrested on federal charges. Trump became the first former president to be arrested, period, in April when he was taken into custody in Manhattan on dozens of charges of falsifying business records. Trending Demonstrators flooded the area outside the courthouse in Manhattan ahead of the arrest, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene trying — and failing — to hold a rally amid the chaos. The former president and his boosters have portrayed both indictments as a gross miscarriage of justice that must be protested, and the MAGA contingent is clearly determined to demonstrate. Greene is in Washington on Tuesday, but Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, a man who is ostensibly competing against Trump for the nomination, showed up to reiterate his commitment to pardon Trump should he become president. It’s unclear what kind of impact Trump’s second arrest will have on the 2024 presidential race, but he might not have too tough of a time making it through the Republican primary if his opponents are unable to criticize him for his myriad, and potentially criminal, legal troubles.

let me say this. donald trump would not amount to a pimple on bidens behind.

i need a link mickey. you lie so much i have no trust factor with you any more.

if don is getting tinkled on i would love to see it............grins.

yep. they are trying to protect their own brand by saying biden and company are crooks as well. i bet miss cleo knows more about what is going on with biden than the repukes. they came out and said it was not a great look but no laws were broken. that was a year or two ago and i cannot remember which agency said it.

he said he was his assistant on his tv show so maybe he knows something? it would make sense why trump is so quick to anger. i some guys that do it regularly and their anger is always elevated..............

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