Former President Donald Trump appeared in a Miami courtroom and pleaded “not guilty” to 37 federal counts stemming from his handling of classified documents.
Trump slammed the indictments in a speech after the arrest.
“Today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country. Very sad thing to watch, a corrupt sitting president had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty, right in the middle of a presidential election in which he’s losing very badly,” Trump said.
Trump still remains the Republican frontrunner for next year’s election and has not pulled out of the race.
Speaking on CNBC, Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence weighed in on his legal woes.
“I think two things are true today: Number one is no one’s above the law. This indictment includes serious charges. I can’t defend what’s alleged there. The handling of classified materials is vitally important to the country,” he said. “But look, we’ve gone through about — trying to do the math here — about out seven years where the American people have lost confidence in our Department of Justice.”
