Trump indictment updates: Trump attacks special counsel after court

Trump's attorney entered a plea of not guilty.

Last Updated: June 13, 2023, 10:10 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Miami after he was indicted in an investigation into his handling of classified documents.

Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, entered a not guilty plea through his attorneys and did not speak at all during the court appearance.

Trump has been charged with 37 counts: 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information; one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheme to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations.

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:41 PM EDT

Trump lands in New Jersey

Former President Donald Trump's plane landed in Newark, New Jersey.

He will depart to his Bedminster club to greet a host of supporters, GOP donors and other guests.

-ABC News' Darren Reynolds

Jun 13, 2023, 4:56 PM EDT

Trump heads back to New Jersey

Former President Donald Trump's plane has departed Miami and is now en route to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump will address his supporters Tuesday night.

Jun 13, 2023, 4:14 PM EDT

Trump makes stop at Cuban restaurant

Former President Donald Trump is making a stop at Versailles, a restaurant in Little Havana at the heart of Miami's Cuban exile community.

He was greeted with cheers and shook hands and snapped photos with excited supporters.

Some patrons sang "Happy birthday" to Trump, who turns 77 on Wednesday.

"I think it's going great. I think it's a rigged deal here. We have a rigged country," Trump said in brief remarks.

"We're a nation in decline, and then they do this stuff," Trump said. "You see the crowds and everything else -- we have a country that is in decline like never before, and we can't let it happen."

Trump's aide and co-defendant, Walt Nauta, attended the restaurant stop with the former president.

Over the last few days, Trump's campaign team discussed whether the former president should publicly greet supporters while in Florida, in an effort to show him as tough and resilient, and in a setting outside of court.

Jun 13, 2023, 4:07 PM EDT

Trump leaves courthouse

Former President Donald Trump has left the Miami federal courthouse after pleading not guilty to charges including willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Former President Donald Trump arrives to the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami, June 13, 2023.
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Trump, alone in the motorcade, with only his Secret Service detail in his car, is next heading to a local business in Miami, sources told ABC News.

Later in the day, Trump will fly to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he'll address his supporters Tuesday night.

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