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Trump approached his arraignment with characteristic bravado, posting social media broadsides against the prosecution from inside his motorcade en route to the courthouse and insisting - as he has through years of legal woes - that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes. The history-making court date, centered on charges that Trump mishandled government secrets that as commander-in-chief he was entrusted to protect, kickstarts a legal process that will unfold at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and carry profound consequences not only for his political future but also for his own personal liberty. MIAMI (AP) - Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to give them back. This story originally appeared Friday in NPR's Trump indictment live blog. President Biden, who is four years older than Trump, was 78 when became the oldest living president the day he was sworn into office. If Trump - who leads the Republican primary field - wins reelection, he would start his second term at age 79. Anderson said in 2018 that she had been paid $500 to attend. In 2005 Trump celebrated his 59th at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, where Baywatch star Pamela Anderson was on the guest list and Trump blew out candles on a 15-foot cake, the Post reports. Kitt sang 'Happy Birthday,' and 600 gold balloons cascaded from the ceiling." Trump, dressed like Superman with a money sign on his chest," per the Times. Trump's buildings on it, and a sugar figure of Mr. "As the Superman movie theme began to play, the cake was wheeled onto the stage - with all of Mr. In 1996, for his 50th, Trump's then-wife Marla threw what the New York Times described as a " no-holds-barred bash" with 400 of his closest friends, a mermaid ice sculpture (of herself), blown-up photographs of Trump from his childhood and a performance by Eartha Kitt, among other highlights.Īssociated Press Donald Trump poses with the "Deal or No Deal Girls" and actress Carmen Electra (far right) at his 61st Birthday Bash at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. "An event ghastlier invitation a year later indicates the party - held at the same venue - was Tarzan-themed and billed Trump as 'Lord of the Financial Jungle,' " it added. The invitations depicted him as a king brandishing a sword and promised both dancing and live jousting (it's not clear by whom). In 1993, Trump's 47th birthday party theme was " Renaissance Man," the Independent reports. In 1990, Trump's casino party included televised birthday messages from Dolly Parton and Elton John and Robin Leach, the host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, who Buzzfeed reports "stepped out of a giant replica of Trump's soon-to-be-bankrupted airline, Trump Shuttle." (This was observed by a reporter who snuck into the party and spent a night in Atlantic City jail for trespassing.) "And of course, there was to be a telegram from President Reagan, and video birthday cards from Liza Minnelli, Billy Crystal, Dennis Miller and Joe Piscopo," the Washington Post reported at the time. In 1988, Trump celebrated his 42nd birthday at one of his casinos, featuring a laser show complete with a 15-foot spaceship and a performance by magicians and dancers to a version of the Michael Jackson song "Bad," reworked in his honor. Trump, who was born in 1946 in Queens, N.Y., and spent decades as a real estate developer, has thrown his share of lavish birthday parties over the decades. Trump's late ex-wife Ivana told People Magazine in 2021 that he "hates his birthdays."īut they haven't all been low-key affairs. It's not clear how the former president (and now presidential candidate) had been planning to celebrate this year, though he's spent at least his last three birthdays at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. He's expected to be arraigned in federal court in Miami on Tuesday - and he'll turn 77 the next day. This week is shaping up to be a big one for former president Donald Trump.
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