Former President Trump Visits Versailles Restaurant in Miami Amid Legal Battles

2023-06-13 23:23:59

USA

Trump took the opportunity to stop by the restaurant, greet the owners and some of his supporters.

13/6/2023

Former President Donald Trump made an appearance in the Little Havana neighborhood, where the Versailles restaurant and cafeteria is located, in Miami, Florida. Just following his time in federal court in which he pleaded not guilty following being charged with negligently managing state secrets.

It is not the first time that the former US president has visited the mythical restaurant, since since he began his presidential campaign in 2016, Versailles has become a meeting point for Cuban-American citizens to express their support for Trump. Even, In April of this year, Trump supporters were accompanying the former president in the middle of the case of sexual assault once morest the writer E. Jean Carroll.

Different videos have circulated through social networks in which Trump is seen arriving, getting out of the vehicle and greeting the crowd at Versailles. In some of the broadcast shorts, people can be heard singing the Happy Birthday to the former president, who this Wednesday, June 14, is turning 77.

“Are you ready?” Trump is heard saying inside the restaurant, continuing: “Are you ready? Food for all, food for all! said the businessman to the waiters of the place, and before this, the crowd began to applaud him and the cheers continued for a few moments.

former president donald Trump, favorite to be the Republican candidate for the White House in 2024, pleaded not guilty this Tuesday when appearing before a federal court in Miami as accused of negligently managing state secrets. “Unquestionably, we plead not guilty,” said Todd Blanche, the attorney for Trump.

Trumpwho turns 77 on Wednesday, arrived at the court amid draconian security measures. “One of the saddest days in the history of our country. We are a nation in decline.”he claimed Trump on his Truth Social platform as he was taken to court. He repeated that he considers himself the victim of a “witch hunt.” In the same network he described prosecutor Jack Smith as a “lunatic”.

A federal judge read him the 37 charges once morest him, including “illegal withholding of information related to national security,” “obstruction of justice” and “false testimony.” Shortly following the former president left the court.

According to a judicial source, Trump had to undergo the same procedure as the rest of the defendants, whose fingerprints and a photo are taken. But in this case the image will not be made public.

A small group of supporters of the former president gathered outside the courthouse wearing red caps reading “Make America Great Again.” “I can’t believe I’m going through this once more,” Lázaro Ezenar told AFP.

The interviewee refers to the criminal charges for accounting fraud filed once morest Trump in April in the state of New York, following a payment made before the 2016 presidential elections to silence a pornographic film actress who claims to have been his lover.

In the United States, a law requires presidents to send all their emails, letters and other working documents to the National Archives and another prohibits keeping state secrets in unauthorized and insecure places.

In January 2021, when he left the White House for his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida, Trump took dozens of boxes full of files.

*With information from AFP.

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