Trump leaves his Doral hotel for historic Miami court appearance

Trump arrives for historic appearance at Miami federal court: Ex-President’s motorcade goes into tunnel before he is processed and fingerprinted – and read the 37 blistering charges against him

• The former president is facing 37 federal charges over handling classified files 
• He left Trump National Doral Miami at 1.30pm on Tuesday for the Miami court 
• Follow DailyMail.com’s live coverage of Trump’s court appearance HERE  

Donald Trump has arrived at the Miami federal courthouse to face a judge as the first former president to be charged with federal crimes.

The former president’s motorcade left Trump National Doral Miami and took off on the journey downtown where a crowd of protesters and supporters were ready to greet him. 

A short time later the motorcade went underneath the court, where Trump will be processed and fingerprinted before he has the 37 charges read to him.

He gave a brief wave to a group of supporters lined up outside his golf course before the stream of black SUVs and cop cars began their procession along empty highways.

Walt Nauta, the loyal aide who prosecutors say helped Trump move documents around Mar-a-Lago, was in the motorcade with him awaiting his own appearance in front of the judge. 

During the drive Trump shared his fury with a Truth Social post saying: ‘ON MY WAY TO COURTHOUSE. WITCH HUNT!!! MAGA.’

The 76-year-old is facing 37 federal charges related to his handling of classified documents that included U.S. nuclear secrets and intelligence on foreign countries.

The allegations were revealed in the bombshell federal indictment unsealed on Friday – and included photos of boxes of sensitive files scattered around Mar-a-Lago. 

Donald Trump has left his Miami hotel on his way to his historic appearance in a federal courthouse on charges he wilfully mishandled the nation’s biggest secrets

He gave a brief wave to a group of supporters lined up outside his golf course before the stream of black SUVs and cop cars began their procession along empty highways

The 76-year-old is facing 37 federal charges related to his handling of classified documents that included U.S. nuclear secrets and intelligence on foreign countries 

A short time later the motorcade went underneath the court, where Trump will be processed and fingerprinted before he has the 37 charges read to him

Trump posted on Truth Social while sat in the motorcade on his way to the courthouse 

His supporters and protesters started swarming the courthouse on Tuesday morning, waiting for his showdown with a judge.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy called on all presidential candidates to vow they would pardon Trump during a press conference outside.

He said that he would quash any conviction against the former president for mishandling classified documents, obstructing justice and making false statements 

Trump, meanwhile, took to his Truth Social platform to rail against Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the Department of Justice’s case.

‘This is the Thug, over turned 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!,’ he complained.

There were only a handful of people on hand early in the morning but officials expect that number to increase as the time of Trump’s arrival gets closer. One of the early arrivals was a group wearing ‘Blacks for Trump’ t-shirts. Another man, wearing the American flag, carried a stick with a pig’s head through it.

Many of Trump’s supporters were coordinating their movements on Twitter.

Kari Lake, the failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate who is a huge supporter of the former president, tweeted that she will be joining protesters Tuesday.

Reporters lined up to get one of the 300 seats in the overflow room inside the courthouse. Only 20 journalists and members of the public will be let inside the actual courtroom where Trump will be arraigned.

Meanwhile, Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday found that 81 percent of Republicans thought the charges against Trump were politically motivated.

The poll also found that Trump still leads his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination by a wide margin. 

About 43 percent of Republicans said Trump was their preferred candidate, compared to 22 per cent who picked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump’s closest rival.

The former president’s motorcade left Trump National Doral Miami and took off on the 25-minute journey downtown where he will be processed and fingerprinted before he is read the bombshell charges against him

Cops cleared the highway as his motorcade made the journey to the court for his second appearance in front of a judge in three months 

Members of law enforcement wearing riot gear ride at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami ahead of Donald Trump’s arraignment

A Trump opponent carries a pig head on a stick outside the Miami courthouse where the former president will appear on Tuesday afternoon

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