Trump says he'll plead not guilty, calls federal charges 'election interference at the highest level'
By Nikki Mascali RoartyFormer President Donald Trump said he plans to “of course” plead not guilty to the seven charges he faces related to mishandling classified White House documents kept as his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The 76-year-old called his Thursday indictment “election interference at the highest level” and “the greatest witch hunt of all time,” during an interview with Fox News.
The 2024 Republican frontrunner called the Biden administration "the most corrupt administration in history — there has never been an administration so corrupt, and they’re just starting to find it right now.”
Just hours before Trump announced his indictment, President Biden was accused of being involved in a $5 million bribery scheme involving Ukrainian natural gas firm, Burisma, where his scandal-ridden son Hunter sat on the board.
“They are trying to deflect all of their dishonesty by bringing this ridiculous boxes hoax case,” Trump said, adding, “They’re not going to get a way with it.”
The former president doubled down on his innocence, saying, “I did absolutely nothing wrong,” and that the Presidential Records Act “makes me totally innocent.”
Trump will appear in Miami federal court on Tuesday. He faces seven counts: willful retention of national defense information; conspiracy to obstruct justice; withholding a document or record; corruptly concealing a document or record; concealing a document in a federal investigation; scheme to conceal; and false statements and representations, according to ABC News.





