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Trump to make historic court appearance over secret document hoarding charges

Former president facing 37 felony counts that accuse him of willfully retaining classified records
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Former President Donald Trump waves as he boards his airplane at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, June 12, 2013 in Newark, N.J. Trump will fly to Florida where he will face criminal charges pertaining to mishandling of classified documents. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Donald Trump was set to make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case accusing the former president of hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.

Trump approached his Miami court date with characteristic bravado, insisting as he has through years of legal woes that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes.

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