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| The former US president has denounced the case against him as “political persecution and election interference” | |
| Former US President Donald Trump has accused his political opponents of weaponizing the American justice system to remove “by far the leading Republican candidate” in the next election, following a Manhattan grand jury’s decision to indict him. | Former US President Donald Trump has accused his political opponents of weaponizing the American justice system to remove “by far the leading Republican candidate” in the next election, following a Manhattan grand jury’s decision to indict him. |
| “I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday. He urged his supporters to remain united in order to “throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office.” | “I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday. He urged his supporters to remain united in order to “throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office.” |
| The grand jury voted on Thursday to indict Trump in a case that centers on an alleged hush payment of $130,000 made to porn actor Stormy Daniels via his then-lawyer Michael Cohen. Trump has consistently denied the affair and any knowledge of the payment, and warned of potentially disastrous consequences if he is arrested. | The grand jury voted on Thursday to indict Trump in a case that centers on an alleged hush payment of $130,000 made to porn actor Stormy Daniels via his then-lawyer Michael Cohen. Trump has consistently denied the affair and any knowledge of the payment, and warned of potentially disastrous consequences if he is arrested. |
| The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable – indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference. | The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable – indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference. |
| Trump did not reveal what his next steps would be, but his lawyer Joe Tacopina has vowed to “vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.” | Trump did not reveal what his next steps would be, but his lawyer Joe Tacopina has vowed to “vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.” |
| Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office told AP that prosecutors had reached out to Trump’s legal team to “arrange a surrender,” expected sometime next week. | Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office told AP that prosecutors had reached out to Trump’s legal team to “arrange a surrender,” expected sometime next week. |