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Former US president Donald Trump is expected to appear in federal court in Miami to face criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them.

It will be the second courtroom visit for Trump since April, when he pleaded not guilty to charges in New York stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.

Trump is the first current or former president to face criminal charges, but that has not dented his hopes of returning to the White House.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, he holds a wide lead over his rivals for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election and 81 per cent of Republican voters view the charges against him as politically motivated.

Trump has maintained his innocence and portrayed the case as an effort to undermine his re-election effort.

After his court appearance at 3pm local time (0500 Wednesday AEST), Trump was due to fly back to his New Jersey golf course, where he was scheduled to speak in the evening.

Trump's April court appearance in New York drew a circus-like atmosphere of vocal supporters and protesters, and officials in Miami were bracing for crowds of up to 50,000 people.

Some worry Trump's charged rhetoric could spur violence, recalling the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

"I am very concerned that President Trump through his words or his actions may inspire even just a single individual or a small group of individuals to become violent," said John Wood, a lawyer who worked on the congressional investigation into the January 6 attack.

US Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, accuses Trump of taking thousands of papers containing some of the nation's most sensitive national-security secrets when he left the White House in January 2021 and of storing them in a haphazard manner at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate, according to a grand jury indictment.

Photos included in the indictment show boxes of documents stored on a ballroom stage, in a bathroom and strewn across a storage-room floor.

The indictment alleges Trump lied to officials who tried to get them back.

The 37-count indictment includes violations of the Espionage Act, which criminalises unauthorised possession of defence information, and conspiracy to obstruct justice, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Trump turns 77 on Wednesday.

Legal experts say the evidence amounts to a strong case, but it may not go to trial until after the November 2024 election. Trump is free to campaign for the US presidency in the meantime, and could take office even if he were to be found guilty.

Trump accuses Democratic President Joe Biden of orchestrating the federal case to undermine his campaign. Biden has kept his distance from the case and declines to comment on it.

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The driver of a bus which rolled, killing 10 and injuring dozens more after a wedding at a NSW winery, will face court charged with a slew of dangerous driving offences.

The 58-year-old man was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and arrested following the bus tragedy in the state's Hunter region on Sunday night.

He was charged on Monday night with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving occasioning death.

The Maitland man was refused bail and will appear at Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday, NSW Police said.

Ten people were confirmed dead and 25 were taken to hospital with varying injuries after the horror crash at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive near Greta in the Hunter Valley.

Police have begun the grisly task of removing and identifying bodies trapped under the bus.

Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Tracy Chapman earlier described a frantic scene for those who arrived.

"Emergency responders ... were able to smash the front windscreen of the bus in order to pull some people out," Ms Chapman said.

The bus was returning guests from a wedding reception at Wandin Estate winery in Lovedale to Singleton, about 30 minutes away.

Mitchell Gaffney and Madeleine Edsell, who are highly involved with local AFL club the Singleton Roosters, have been identified by media as the newly-weds.

The Warrandyte Cricket Club in Victoria, where Mr Gaffney is understood to have lived until 2017, said a number of its members were involved in the crash.

Police have begun taking witness statements from survivors.

"They're providing a version of, or witness statement in terms of what they experienced and that will assist us with our inquiries and furthering that investigation," Ms Chapman said.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the use of seatbelts would undoubtedly be one of the matters looked at by the coroner.

"Whether they were actually wearing seatbelts or not ... certainly all of that will come under scrutiny," she said.

"Again that will be a matter the coroner will have a look and ultimately the driver will have to think about that for the rest of his life."

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The driver of a bus which rolled, killing 10 people and injuring dozens more after a wedding at a NSW winery, will face court charged with a slew of dangerous driving offences.

Brett Button, 58, was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and arrested following the accident in the Hunter region on Sunday night.

He was on Monday charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving occasioning death.

He was refused bail and will appear at Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday, NSW Police said.

Ten people were killed and 25 taken to hospital with varying injuries after the crash at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive near Greta in the Hunter Valley.

Premier Chris Minns said 14 people remain in hospital as authorities work to ensure they get the care they need.

"... Everybody in the state has been really traumatised by these terrible events," he told Nine's Today show on Tuesday.

A trauma counselling centre will open in Singleton youth centre on Tuesday to help anyone affected by the tragedy.

"It's available for the community to come and get trauma counselling and speak to health professionals if they need to," Mr Minns said.

"It's the government's responsibility and the local council's responsibility to be there for them not just in the immediate glare of the accident but in the weeks and months to come."

Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Tracy Chapman on Monday described the confronting crash scene.

"Emergency responders ... were able to smash the front windscreen of the bus in order to pull some people out," Ms Chapman said.

The bus was returning guests from a wedding reception at Wandin Estate winery in Lovedale to Singleton, about 20 minutes away.

It was a tragic end to the fairytale wedding of Mitchell Gaffney and Madeleine Edsell, who are highly involved with local AFL club the Singleton Roosters.

The Warrandyte Cricket Club in Victoria, where Mr Gaffney is understood to have lived until 2017, said a number of its members were involved in the crash.

Police have begun taking witness statements from survivors.

"They're providing a version of, or witness statement in terms of what they experienced and that will assist us with our inquiries and furthering that investigation," Ms Chapman said.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the use of seatbelts would undoubtedly be one of the matters looked at by the coroner.

"Whether they were actually wearing seatbelts or not ... certainly all of that will come under scrutiny," she said.

"Again that will be a matter the coroner will have a look and ultimately the driver will have to think about that for the rest of his life."

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