This is CNBC's live blog covering the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president, former or otherwise, to be indicted on federal criminal charges.
Trump announced in Thursday night posts on his Truth Social platform that prosecutors had notified his attorneys he had been indicted. NBC News confirmed soon after that he faces seven counts.
Trump, the leading contender for the GOP presidential nomination next year, is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami. The former president had kept reams of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida until federal agents raided it last year and seized the records.
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Special counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump over the removal of classified documents from the White House after he left office, as well as apparent efforts by Trump and his aides to potentially stymie the government's investigation.
This is the second time Trump has been indicted. Last month, a grand jury in New York indicted Trump on state charges for allegedly falsifying business records.
Trump still faces two other criminal probes, as well: Smith's investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, and an inquiry in Georgia looking into whether he attempted to interfere with the presidential election in that state.
Trump posts video after revealing indictment: 'This is warfare for the law'
Trump posted a four-minute video of himself ripping his political foes and accusing those responsible for his latest indictment of trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential election.
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"They figured the way they're going to stop us is by using what's called warfare. And that's what it is, this is warfare for the law, and we can't let it happen," Trump said in the video posted from his Truth Social account.
"We can't let this continue to go on because it's ripping our country to shreds," Trump said.
He claimed the federal indictment was a "hoax," likening it to a bevy of other investigations, scandals and impeachment efforts that have swirled around the president over the course of his political career.
"It's just a continuation — seven years, even after I'm out," he said.
— Kevin Breuninger
Trump campaign is fundraising off special counsel indictment
The Trump campaign wasted no time attempting to leverage the former president's indictment as a fundraising opportunity.
"We are watching our Republic DIE before our very eyes," read a fundraising message attributed to Trump.
The message decries the "Deep State" aiming to "take us down," before asking for contributions — with suggested amounts of $24, $47, $75, $100 or $250 — in order to "prove that YOU will NEVER surrender our country to the radical left."
— Kevin Breuninger
White House declines to comment
The White House told NBC's Kristen Welker they will not comment on Trump's indictment.
–Ashley Capoot
'I AM AN INNOCENT MAN,' Trump declares after announcing charges
Former President Donald Trump was quick to proclaim his innocence and tar his prosecutors as politically corrupt as he revealed that he has been indicted on charges related to the classified documents he kept after leaving office.
"I AM AN INNOCENT MAN," Trump declared in a three-part social media post on his platform Truth Social.
"This is indeed a DARK DAY for the United States of America," Trump wrote. "We are a Country in serious and rapid Decline, but together we will Make America Great Again!"
— Kevin Breuninger
