Trump Will Face Judge in Historic Court Appearance Over Charges of Espionage, Mishandling Documents

The former president is approaching his Miami court date with characteristic bravado, insisting that he has done nothing wrong and being persecuted for political purposes. Yet the gravity of the moment is unmistakable.

AP/George Walker IV
President Trump at Greensboro, North Carolina, June 10, 2023. AP/George Walker IV

MIAMI — President Trump will make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.

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