From New York, this is Democracy Now. Donald Trump pleads guilty to 37 counts as he

becomes the first U.S. president to be booked and arraigned on federal charges. We'll speak

with the head of crew, citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington.

We're almost anybody else with those kinds of charges and the evidence as we understand

it, they would have been in there to plead guilty. But Donald Trump wasn't. He was there

to plead not guilty, to fight this, and that's a unique and extraordinary set of events.

While Donald Trump was freed without bail for violating the Espionage Act, that has

not been the case for others, like whistleblower's reality winner, and Daniel Hale.

Then to sportswashing. We'll speak to the sister of a jailed Saudi dissident about how the

kingdom is using its oil fortune to reshape its image by taking over the world of professional

golf with the merger of its own live golf and the PGA tour. Whatever happened to President

Biden's pledge to make Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman a pariah after the brutal

assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. All that and more coming out.

Welcome to democracy now, democracy now, dot org the warrant. Peace report, I'm Amy Goodman.

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges around his handling of classified documents

after surrendering to federal authorities in Miami Tuesday. The counts include violations

of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice. Special counsel Jack Smith observed proceedings

in the courtroom. Outside the federal courthouse, Trump supporters gathered and what the media

largely described as a circus. Trump's aide, Walt Notta, who was also charged, appeared

before the judge, but did not enter a plea because he did not have a Florida lawyer. After

his arrangement, Trump stopped at a Cuban restaurant in Little Havana and took photos with

fans before flying to his bedminster New Jersey golf club, where he railed against the charges

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