NEW YORK — Many hours after reporters began camping out for access to a sweltering 15th-floor Manhattan courtroom, a U.S. president was formally charged with a crime for the first time in history.
Former President Donald Trump entered the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse around 1:30 p.m. ET for processing, coming into the courtroom itself an hour later, 15 minutes after the arraignment’s scheduled start time. He spoke only three times during the 55-minute hearing, once to plead not guilty and twice to acknowledge his rights as a defendant.
Over the course of the hearing, the crowd outside — which contained Trump supporters, opponents and scores of additional media members gathered on an idyllic spring day — could at times be heard chanting and cheering. Trump’s defense attorneys said that the former president is entitled to discuss the case, but conceded Trump had responded “forcefully” because he is “frustrated and upset.” Judge Juan Merchan told the legal teams to instruct their witnesses to refrain from making statements that have the “potential to incite violence and unrest” and to not make statements that undermined the rule of law.
Trump departed New York en route to Florida late Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to give remarks addressing the charges at his Mar-a-Lago club this evening.
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