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Trump repudiated justice and Biden after he was indicted on 34 counts of bribery

2023-04-05T05:19:34.151Z


He is accused of paying a porn actress. Sitting among his lawyers, Trump looked grim and concerned. He then said that he is persecuted, that the country is going to hell and called Biden a lunatic


His countenance was far from defiant.

It is true that he had entered the New York Court this Tuesday with his fist raised, causing the outcry of his followers, but in the few images that emerged from inside the room, he was noted overwhelmed, his gaze maybe something lost.

Then, in the evening at his Mar-a-Lago residence, on a campaign stage set up with US flags and brimming with his supporters, he launched into a lengthy, irritated tone, stating that “there is no case " against him.

That "this is not an investigation but a persecution" and he remarked that the US Justice "lost legality... it is used to win elections."

Along these lines, he affirmed over and over again that the cause is an invention, that it was armed by his enemies to block his presidential race.

“This bogus process was brought forward only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 elections and must be withdrawn immediately,” he proclaimed.

"It is an insult to our country," he continued, "the world laughs at us," he said.

He insisted on denouncing, without proof, the fraud in the elections he lost in 2020 and furiously attacked President Joe Biden, calling him a "lunatic", accusing him of unprecedented inflation, and even a global crisis with the risk of a third war. world.

"The country is going to hell," he said, looking at the camera.

A collection of rants that showed him as angry, exaggerated as he has always been and making a non-judgmental defense of his government.

In court, in his traditional dark jacket and red tie, orange hair still brushed with extreme neatness, Donald John Trump had listened carefully to the 34 counts on which he was indicted and barely uttered two words: "Not guilty."

In a ceremony that equals any hierarchy, the tycoon was read the charges, fingerprinted, photographed and released.

T he scene was unprecedented in US history: for the first time, a former president was charged with criminal offenses and the fact opens a spiral of uncertainty because Trump is not only a former president in the dock, he is the main opposition candidate for the presidency in the 2024 general elections.

Trump was serious and upset in the room.

Photo Reuters

It all happened in the city that made him famous, under an extraordinary security and media operation that included helicopter cameras, containment fences and a deployment of secret service and police patrol cars ready to prevent any disturbance.

Trump had arrived Monday from Florida and spent the night in the penthouse of his Fifth Avenue tower.

He arrived at the court in a black van.

On the way, he posted a sentence on his social network: “Going to lower Manhattan, to court.

It seems so surreal – wow, I'm going to get arrested.

I can't believe this is happening in the US."

they were not going to arrest him

It was known that they were not going to arrest him, he was not even in a cell for a moment, but rather waited for the session in a room.

But he has been stirring up his followers for a few weeks with that mantra.

He had even encouraged "death and destruction" if he was arrested.

Given his former investiture, he was not handcuffed.

Charges involving first degree falsification of business records were read out in court and detailed in an indictment later released.

He would later insist at his residence that “there is no such crime, the case has to be dismissed”.

And he lashed out, victimizing himself: "the only crime I committed was defending the country from those who wanted to attack it."

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg pointed to the investigation into refund payments Trump made to his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, who during Trump's 2016 candidacy paid $130,000 to professionally known porn actress Stephanie Clifford. as Stormy Daniels, to prevent her from revealing an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.

The former president denies the sexual relationship – which would have occurred in a Las Vegas resort – and the payment.

He denounces that he is "politically persecuted" and that it is all about a "witch hunt" by the Democrats who influence justice to undermine his presidential candidacy.

The prosecutor said Trump falsified business records to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election, disguised false payments in violation of election laws and worked with others to suppress harmful information.

Trump leaves the court building.

Photo Reuters

He said Cohen paid Daniels in order to keep the case from affecting the candidate on the campaign trail, and that Trump reimbursed Cohen in monthly payments later, disguising those payments in tax records as "legal fees."

So that it is understood: paying for silence is not a crime and forging the accounting records is a misdemeanor in New York.

But if a record is falsified with the intention of promoting another crime – in this case, violating the campaign law by concealing an expense – it is a felony under New York law that could carry up to 5 years in prison.

But it is a process that could take years for what can be presented to the elections.

Trump was charged with 34 counts of "falsification of corporate records in the first degree."

According to the investigation, the president orchestrated "a scheme to hide harmful information and illegal activities from American voters before and after the 2016 election." 

The investigation also revealed other shady payments.

David Pecker, a friend of Trump and editor of the National Enquirer, paid $30,000 in 2015 to a former doorman at Trump's building who was trying to sell information about Trump's alleged out-of-wedlock child, a story later proven to be false.

The investigation also points to another $150,000 payment to silence former Playboy model Karen McDougal who also claims to have had sex with the mogul.

Some experts, such as Emilio Viano, a professor in the Department of Justice and Society at American University in Washington, believe this will reinvigorate the tycoon's campaign.

“This impeachment is a gift, a prize for Trump's political propaganda.

His supporters are willing to protest and block traffic.

It could become the best way for Trump to relaunch his campaign.

Today, from a political point of view, Trump is a martyr

.

On the financial side, he asks for help to finance his lawyers.

He attracts the attention of the country.

He is enjoying all the attention and it is all free propaganda, ”he told

Clarín.

In fact, Trump has taken the opportunity to raise funds since he found out he was about to be subpoenaed.

In just 24 hours he raised almost 5 million dollars.

Likewise, although he could be momentarily benefited in the internal elections, the impact could be negative in the general election, where he needs to capture the vote of the more moderate voters.

The indictment this Tuesday is the first of several criminal cases that are being pursued against Trump.

He is also being investigated by the United States Department of Justice: one for maneuvers to annul Biden's victory in the Electoral College in the 2020 elections and another for obstruction of justice by keeping classified documents at his home in Mar-a- Lake.

In addition, a state attorney in Atlanta is also separately investigating Trump and several of his allies for their attempt to get Georgia officials to reverse their 2020 loss to Biden in the state.

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Source: clarin

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