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Trump Pleads Not Guilty – Intercessors for America

The charges have been revealed, and Trump has pleaded not guilty. What do you think, and how are you praying?

From The Daily Wire. Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Miami to face federal criminal charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into his handling of sensitive U.S. government documents.

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Trump appeared before a federal Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in the Southern District of Florida where he pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts for his alleged retention of national defense information, his alleged attempts to obstruct the investigation, and for allegedly lying to investigators. …

Trump reportedly had electronic copies of his fingerprints taken by authorities but was not placed in handcuffs and did not have a mugshot taken. …

Trump is accused in the indictment of retaining classified documents “regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military, attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”

Legal experts have said that while there is certainly an argument that can be made about whether the former president was targeted by the DOJ, the most damning piece of alleged evidence in the indictment is an audio tape of the former president.

The indictment states:

In July 2021, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey (“The Bedminster Club”), during an audio-recorded meeting with a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff, none of whom possessed a security clearance, [Trump] showed and described a “plan of attack” that [Trump] said was prepared for him by the Department of Defense and a senior military official. [Trump] told the individuals that the plan was “highly confidential” and “secret.” [Trump] also said, “as president I could have declassified it,” and, “Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.”

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who served in the Trump administration, warned during an interview over the weekend that if even half of things Trump is accused of doing are true that the former president is “toast.” …

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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

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