.VivekGRamaswamy is daring his GOP rivals to join him in pledging to pardon Donald Trump if he's convicted in his federal classified documents case. 'That is how we decide who governs this country, not by a federal administrative police state,' he said.
"That is how we decide who governs this country, not by a federal administrative police state," Ramaswamy told reporters Tuesday outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse hours in downtown Miami before Trump's arrest and arraignment.Ramaswamy addressed the public and answered questions, including whether he would drop out of the race, moments before police cleared part of the court precinct due to reports of a bomb threat.
The Trump campaign appeared jittery that the former president would not have a complete complement of supporters with him Tuesday night during his post-hearing remarks and fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. Sen. Tommy Tuberville told Politico on Tuesday he did not"know" whether he was attending or not.
Trump spent Monday night at Trump National Doral Miami with son Eric, co-defendant Walt Nauta, and attorneys, including Todd Blanche and Chris Kise, though he has been unable to retain Florida-based counsel. The former president spoke with hotel guests in the lobby, who cheered for him and asked for photographs, according to CNN. The Guardian reported he had dinner at BLT Prime.
"They're all fake," Trump told Americano Media earlier."Under the Presidential Records Act, I'm allowed to do all those things. You're allowed to keep the documents. You negotiate with the archives."Trump faces 37 felony counts, including under the Espionage Act, according to special counsel Jack Smith's 49-page indictment after the case was considered by a Miami grand jury, making him the first former president to be charged with federal crimes.
Smith’s indictment alleges Trump mishandled classified documents after he departed the White House and resisted efforts to return them to the National Archives. The government alleges the former president retained 31 documents related to sensitive defense secrets, from nuclear programs to attack plans, shared them with people without clearances on at least two occasions, and was personally involved in the decision to withhold them.
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