Good afternoon. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Chuck Todd, reporting from Florida and continuing NBC's breaking news coverage of the arraignment of Donald John Trump.

The first time a former president has ever been arraigned on federal criminal charges pleading not guilty to all 37 counts against him.

The former president departed the courthouse a short time ago. He's now heading to the Miami

airport. From there, he will fly back to his golf club in New Jersey. That's where he plans

to address supporters tonight from his club where he'll be

spending the summer months. Moments before that, the former president made an unannounced stop,

though it appeared to be somewhat planned out as supporters were waiting for him at the well-known

Cuban cafe in Miami, particularly for politicians, Versailles. It has been a must-visit spot for Republican candidates,

whether you're running for dog catcher or president of the United States.

You could be heard giving supporters an impromptu stump speech

while calling the U.S. a nation in decline.

It was quite the spectacle, somewhat unnerving for those of us who grew up in South Florida,

seeing that's more

been a symbol of sort of freedom and rule of law and things like that. To see it in a moment

like this was startling for some of us. But let's back up for a moment. Here's how we got there.

Mr. Trump left his club in Doral, Florida, not very far from downtown Miami earlier this afternoon.

He arrived at the

courthouse shortly before 2 p.m. Then he was booked, electronically fingerprinted, and appeared

before a magistrate judge. That's where he officially pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts

tied to his mishandling of classified documents. And according to one of our reporters,

who was inside the courtroom to witness the event, Donald Trump sat stone face, his body man,

an alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta, was seated beside him. Nauda was not arraigned today

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