Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Even as a Trump lawyer and spokesperson said there had been no communication from prosecutors, Trump declared in a post on his social media platform that he expects to be taken into custody on Tuesday.
His message seemed designed to preempt a formal announcement from prosecutors and to galvanize outrage from his base of supporters in advance of widely anticipated charges. Within hours, he sent a fundraising email to supporters while influential Republicans in Congress issued statements in his defense.
In a later post that went beyond simply exhorting loyalists to protest about his legal peril, the 2024 presidential candidate directed his overarching ire in all capital letters at the Biden administration and raised the prospect of civil unrest: “IT’S TIME!!!” he wrote. “WE JUST CAN’T ALLOW THIS ANYMORE. THEY’RE KILLING OUR NATION AS WE SIT BACK & WATCH. WE MUST SAVE AMERICA!PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!”
It all evoked, in foreboding ways, the rhetoric he used shortly before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. After hearing from the then-president at a Washington rally that morning, his supporters marched to the Capitol and tried to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's White House victory, breaking through doors and windows of the building and leaving officers beaten and bloodied.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg is thought to be eyeing charges in the hush money investigation, and recently offered Trump a chance to testify before the grand jury. Local law enforcement officials are bracing for the public safety ramifications of an unprecedented prosecution of a former American president.
But there has been no public announcement of any time frame for the grand jury’s secret work in the case. At least one additional witness is expected to testify, further indicating that no vote to indict has yet been taken, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to publicly discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity.
That did not stop Trump from taking to his social media platform to say “illegal leaks” from Bragg's office indicate that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.”
A Trump lawyer, Susan Necheles, said Trump's post was “based on the media reports," though the origin of Trump's Tuesday reference was unclear. The district attorney’s office declined comment.
Trump's aides and legal team have been preparing the possibility of an indictment. Should that happen, he would be arrested only if he refused to surrender. Trump’s lawyers have previously said he would follow normal procedure, meaning he would likely agree to surrender at a New York Police Department precinct or directly to Bragg’s office.
It is unclear whether Trump’s supporters would heed his protest call or if he retains the same persuasive power he held as president. Trump’s posts on Truth Social generally receive far less attention than he used to get on Twitter, but he maintains a deeply loyal base. The aftermath of the Jan 6 riot, in which hundreds of Trump loyalists were arrested and prosecuted in federal court, may also have dampened the passion among supporters for confrontation.
The indictment of Trump, 76, would be an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings.
Even as Trump pursues his latest White House campaign — his first rally is set for Waco, Texas, later this month and he was scheduled to make a public appearance Saturday evening at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma — there is no question an indictment would be a distraction and give fodder to opponents and critics tired of the legal scandals that have long enveloped him.
In addition to the hush money inquiry in New York, Trump faces separate criminal investigations in Atlanta and Washington over his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 election.
A Justice Department special counsel has also been presenting evidence before a grand jury investigating Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents at his Florida estate. It is not clear when those investigations will end or whether they might result in criminal charges, but they will continue regardless of what happens in New York, underscoring the ongoing gravity – and broad geographic scope – of the legal challenges facing the former president.
Trump's post Saturday echoes one made last summer when he broke the news on Truth Social that the FBI was searching his Florida home as part of an investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents.
News of that search sparked a flood of contributions to Trump’s political operation, and on Saturday, Trump sent out a fundraising email to his supporters that said the “MANHATTAN D.A. COULD BE CLOSE TO CHARGING TRUMP.”
After his post, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decried any plans to prosecute Trump as an “outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA” whom he claimed was pursuing “political vengeance.” Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking House Republican, issued a statement with a similar sentiment.
The grand jury has been hearing from witnesses, including former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who says he orchestrated payments in 2016 to two women to silence them about sexual encounters they said they had with Trump a decade earlier.
Trump denies the encounters occurred, says he did nothing wrong and has cast the investigation as a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor bent on sabotaging the Republican’s 2024 campaign. Trump also has labeled Bragg, who is Black, a “racist” and has accused the prosecutor of letting crime in the city run amok while he has focused on Trump. New York remains one of the safest cities in the country.
Bragg’s office has apparently been examining whether any state laws were broken in connection with the payments or the way Trump’s company compensated Cohen for his work to keep the women’s allegations quiet.
Porn actor Stormy Daniels and at least two former Trump aides — onetime political adviser Kellyanne Conway and former spokesperson Hope Hicks — are among witnesses who have met with prosecutors in recent weeks.
Cohen has said that at Trump’s direction, he arranged payments totaling $280,000 to Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. According to Cohen, the payouts were to buy their silence about Trump, who was then in the thick of his first presidential campaign.
Cohen and federal prosecutors said Trump's company paid him $420,000 as reimbursement for the $130,000 payment to Daniels and to cover bonuses and other supposed expenses. The company classified those payments internally as legal expenses. The $150,000 payment to McDougal was made by the then-publisher of the supermarket tabloid National Enquirer, which kept her story from coming to light.
Federal prosecutors agreed not to prosecute the Enquirer’s corporate parent in exchange for its cooperation in a campaign finance investigation that led to charges against Cohen in 2018. Prosecutors said the payments to Daniels and McDougal amounted to impermissible, unrecorded gifts to Trump’s election effort.
Cohen pleaded guilty, served prison time and was disbarred. Federal prosecutors never charged Trump with any crime.
News that law enforcement agencies were preparing for a possible indictment was first reported by NBC News.
Associated Press writer Colleen Long in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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110 Comments
jeancolmar
This may be the first time I agree with Trump: He is sure to be arrested. There will likely be protests, even violence. Beyond that, I will make no predictions. Let Justice do its job.
Dr Maybe
@Bass
Democrats, exactly.
I'm truly fascinated to know how you've convinced yourself that "establishment" = Democrat. Are you seriously trying to say that there are no "establishment" Republicans?
wallace
Throw Trump and Putin into the same jail cell.
starpunk
Including the one who spanked him! What an embarrassment, and paying her $XXX,XXX to shut up.
And stealing classified documents and obstructing justice are two more felony offenses.
Hercolobus
Must be the same court accusing Putin.
nishikat
Is this really going to happen or is Trump trying to create some drama? And even if they try to bust Trump will Trump people fight for him like on January 6? Trump also called for his people to fight violently as he told Proud Boys to stand by
stormcrow
Trump expects to be arrested?
For what?! Treason? Fraud? Rape? Money laundering? Tax evasion? All of the above?
nosuke
watching too much Clinton News Network CNN trump call it for what it is disinformation news. CNN was anti-trump before he became president and they were rooting for Hillary. I remember watching all the rallies and debates
Bob Fosse
If it’s a crime charge him with it. As I keep saying, all crimes should be investigated.
In the meantime, you’ll just have to wait your turn and try to focus on today’s news.
Bob Fosse
Yeah, but the right.
Yeah, but the right.
Yeah, but the right.
Hey, this is easy! I can see why you do it so much.
Superlib
Wait, so when you were saying that she lost twice, implying there was no case here, you knew it was a defamation case?
I figured you didn't.
wallace
Trump never pays his lawyers but will always pay his hair stylists.
Donald Trump Allegedly Took $70,000 In Tax Deductions For His Hair Care
He spent between $60,000 and $80,000 annually on hair care.
Blacklabel
Cohen you say?
“Trump, U.S. win dismissal of Michael Cohen lawsuit over alleged book retaliation”
Blacklabel
“Stormy Daniels must pay $300k to Donald Trump after losing defamation case appeal”
March 22, 2022, 1:36 PM
Has she paid yet or is she going to jail too?
Ah_so
Your posts are becoming surreal. Or perhaps you are just reading off of Trump's twitter feed, which might explain it. I'm not sure how being arrested makes him a "boss". But it's not surprise that Trump likes his steak well done - I can't imagine him have a very sophisticated palate.
Blacklabel
You missed the 2 cases she lost where she still owes damages to Trump. Plus the case that Cohen lost.
guess they didn’t circulate those in the liberal bubble.
Ah_so
"Daniels sued in 2018, seeking to be released from an NDA she signed with Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, 11 days before the 2016 election. The lawsuit was dismissed as the agreement was deemed unenforceable."
"Trump’s lawyers said Daniels didn’t win the case and therefore wasn’t entitled to lawyer fees. But Judge Robert Broadbelt III disagreed in his ruling on Monday, which determined Daniels to be the “prevailing party” under California law. The ruling was posted online by Daniels’ lawyers. After her lawyer announced the decision, Daniels wrote on Twitter: “Yup. Another win.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-legal-fees-non-disclosure-agreement
Nice try, Black, but you're not quite good enough at this.
And while Cohen was convicted of lying, he stupidly lied to protect Trump. He should have told the truth straight from the start and he and Trump could have served their time as cellmates.
Awa no Gaijin
Trumps going to be president again !
TokyoLiving
MAGA gang on fire!!..
bass4funk
Yeah, you and that’s why people are turning off the news. CNN still don’t get it.
Well, let’s hope the MSM will now look at Joe more.
Again, you made my point of rather Turley and Dershowitz points.
Well, what’s worse is what we now know what all the Dems were hiding with the unreleased J6 video, feel much better now.
He never said that, another debunked and grossly taken out of context fallacy again. But I give you guys credit for tenacity.
Hakman
The silver lining of the libs' arresting Trump (who's not only a former POTUS, but also the current POTUS's chief rival) on a trumped-up misdemeanor is this:
We'll finally be done with Democrats lecturing everybody about "our sacred democracy" and about how Republicans are trying to supposedly upend it.
The Democrats will add this trumped-up arrest to their political resume, along with
(a) having the FBI raid Trump's house over a "national archives" issue
(b) having the FBI raid the home of a pro-life activist, with agents drawing automatic weapons and terrorizing his wife and seven children,
(c) holding people in jail for 3 years without trial or bail for an "insurrection" led by a guy in a buffalo hat who was literally being guided around the Capitol by its cops
(d) obtaining a wiretap warrant on the 2016 Trump campaign by outright lying to a FISA court
(e) colluding with the media (social and mainstream) to cover up factual information about Hunter Biden's laptop & the Biden family's receipt of Chinese cash
All of this is FAR more serious than what Trump is reportedly going to be arrested for.
This is nothing more than a political attack. The Democrat party, for all their high-and-mighty talk about "democracy," are undeniably turning America into a tin-pot banana republic.
Blacklabel
Stormy lost both court cases and her ex lawyer is in jail for extortion and fraud. And Cohen is convicted of lying. Not just to anyone but to Congress.
might wanna let this one go and sit this one out.
Peter14
Trumps circus is in full swing. The big top is swelling with his gullible supporters and his wining is like a jet engine at liftoff.
For goodness sake lock him up and throw away the key. Time for America to move on from this garbage.
bass4funk
Yeah, this is why the left get it wrong every single time.
Again, this is why the left get it wrong every single time. Lol
Ah_so
Who?
Who? And so what?
Ah_so
The strategy for some Trump fanatics is:
1) Denial
and when that fails
2) Whataboutery
It's utterly tedious and predictable.
Awa no Gaijin
Ahem...please explain gravity to us then since you have announced you have a firm grasp on it ?
bass4funk
Again, that is what Turley and Dershowitz are talking about.
Well, that is already happening.
The left did Give Greg Gutfeld a lot of material for next week, so you are right about that.
Ah_so
@blacklabel - yet she also wrote the following:
wallace
Trump calling for the overthrow of the government is paramount to treason and sedition.
bass4funk
I think the left is delusional, the country is falling apart and they only think about Trump. These people are the epitome of delusion.
As Turley and Dershowitz have been saying, good luck with that.
Yeah, nice try, keep grasping there.
Neither the left.
Bob Fosse
How to say “I got nothing” without actually saying “I got nothing”.
Predictably this is all a nothingburger, let’s talk about Biden and the Clintons and 45 is now guaranteed to win in a landslide.
It’s a good day for comedy fans.
wallace
When it comes to grabbing the media's attention, Trump is the Mother of Invention.
Busby
Well, this tells you pretty much all you need to know.
Donald Trump has found an unlikely group of supporters — in China.
There was a deluge of support for Trump on Weibo after he said he may be arrested on Tuesday.
Trump-loving Chinese users urged him to fight the indictment, calling him a "comrade" and a "king."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporters-china-arms-raging-171503590.html
I'm sure the support group in Russia is even larger.
bass4funk
Mine did.
7 years and misses
That goes for Trump and his voters.
wallace
My comment has nothing to do with the democrats.
How so?
He couldn't care less
wallace
"In a later post that went beyond simply exhorting loyalists to protest about his legal peril, the 2024 presidential candidate directed his overarching ire in all capital letters at the Biden administration and raised the prospect of civil unrest: “IT’S TIME!!!” he wrote. “WE JUST CAN’T ALLOW THIS ANYMORE. THEY’RE KILLING OUR NATION AS WE SIT BACK & WATCH. WE MUST SAVE AMERICA!PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!”"
Ah_so
But ultimately his crime is the same that sent his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to prison. Frankly, it was pretty scandalous that Trump wasn't arrested the first time around.
Kumagaijin
Where are they going to protest? Hicksville Alabama?
Busby
Far-right delusion - just like "Trump will win in a landslide".
Indictments.
Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham don't think so - they think you're too weak to handle the truth, so they lie to you. Proof is in the e-mails.
More head-burying. They can't process the truth.
Enjoy the Tues perp frog-march.
wallace
The GOP, a party of law and order.
wallace
Trump is trying to shoot fish in a barrel but keeps missing.
He does not like the attention Desantis was getting over him.
dagon
Besides politics, geography, various social sciences add gravity, physics and metaphor as things which you clearly demonstrate little grasp for.
Trump, and I fear it will get worse following this, brings out the worst in the USA.
Yrral
Bass4,the grand jury decide the ultimate fate of Trump charges,grand juries are not beholden to the DA,they under the supervision of a judge
Jimizo
According to Trump, there was mass fraud in 2016 and 2020.
Why won’t they be able to cheat again?
If you are hysterical and divorced from reality enough to believe Trump, I don’t see how you rule it out in 2024.
wallace
Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post.
Former President Donald Trump called for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power Saturday in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories.
bass4funk
That won't happen.
And?
No, but we can think for ourselves.
Yeah, that narrative has been greatly and overwhelmingly debunked.
I would say the current President is, according to the polls and the direction of how the people feel at this present time.
This by the Democrat law Proffesor: Jonathan Turley
In this case, Trump reportedly paid Daniels $130,000 in the fall of 2016 to cut off or at least reduce any public scandal. The Southern District of New York’s U.S. Attorney’s office had no love lost for Trump, pursuing him and his associates in myriad investigations,
So they are doing this out of political and personal bias....not good....
but it ultimately rejected a prosecution based on the election law violations. It was not alone: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) chair also expressed doubts about the theory.
Prosecutors working under Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr.,also reportedly rejected the viability of using a New York law to effectively charge a federal offense.
More importantly, Bragg himself previously expressed doubts about the case, effectively shutting it down soon after he took office.
The two lead prosecutors, Carey R. Dunne and Mark F. Pomerantz, resigned in protest. Pomerantz launched a very public campaign against Bragg’s decision, including commenting on a still-pending investigation.
But why? Once again the Dems are shooting up a tree and failing to see the falling bullets.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3906498-get-ready-for-manhattan-das-made-for-tv-trump-prosecution-high-on-ratings-but-short-on-the-law/
wallace
bass4funk
A supporter who lives in Japan.
dagon
I know that your statements are a rich goldmine of illogical non sequitur but isn't this an oxymoron?
Gossip, rumor; it is unfounded and “WE JUST CAN’T ALLOW THIS ANYMORE. THEY’RE KILLING OUR NATION AS WE SIT BACK & WATCH. WE MUST SAVE AMERICA!PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!”
can be interpreted as incitement given the former POTUS track record.
Blathering "left left left, woke, socialist" on every topic under the sun fits your definition of fact distortion better.
Awa no Gaijin
Americans are so whaackadoodle that if Trump was actually arrested and imprisoned a civil war would break out in the US of A .
Another great movie script .
Ah_so
Everyone has been saying "the walls are closing in" on Trump for years, to which MAGA cultists says things like:
"ROFL, you've been saying that for six years - it'll never happen."
I guess the MAGA cult are going to have to come up with a new line.
deanzaZZR
The one that should move forward first is the Georgia election interference. It's a federal crime and we have all listened to the phone conversation.
bass4funk
I'm a supporter and I heard nothing of the sort, this is exactly how left gossip starts, then the MSM picks it up, distorts the facts and it becomes a huge mess.
Yrral
Trump has already committed at least 3 more felonies
Awa no Gaijin
A clever way for Trump to drum up support.
However should we laugh or cry ?
Ah_so
Yes - Trump's campaign slogan was "Lock her up!, wasn't it. Something to do with government records or something...
bass4funk
Yup, and it brilliantly worked and here we are.
Hardly.
wallace
Trump is just walking his crooked mile.
Bob Fosse
This is false no matter how many times you read it on social media.
rcch
Yes, he could still run for President and potentially even win the election while in a jail cell…; according to the US constitution, a convicted felon can run for President in the United States of America…; the US constitution does not prevent a felon from running for the office of the President…; we could be witnesses to one of the most extraordinary episodes in American history.
Indeed.
wallace
Trump urging his supporters to make another Jan 6 and overthrow the government.
Busby
The first of many indictments for this Loser - he might as well book his Rikers Island cell now.
We learned this week that in addition to his call to Raffensberger, he made another call to the Georgia House speaker begging for him to "find nonexistent votes".
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/trump-ralston-georgia-phone-call/index.html
What a sick, pitiful figure - hiding in the WH desperately calling fellow Repubs and encouraging them to violate the law and engage in an anti-democratic coup.
Now he's calling on his crazed, far-right radical supporters to once again shoot up FBI offices and assault 82 year old senior citizens with hammers.
He's a worse threat to our democracy and Constitution than Putin or Xi.
wallace
Just another case of Trump sucking the oxygen out of the room with a single tweet to grab the media's attention.
u_s__reamer
..Trump will be in the limelight like he always wants to be pre-2024. And sad to say he handles the spotlight well.
Only when he's holding a rally with a captive audience come to see their "leader", but not when he's deposited under oath: then he's his pathetic, inarticulate, tongue-tied, true self, taking the fifth and scowling with impotent rage. The Trump will be arrested on Tuesday, he predicts? This is the only Trump prediction I've ever been willing (and wanting) to believe, but calling out his stormtrumpers to "take back" "their" country is just a fantasy, perhaps fed by watching Imran Khan's supporters on TV. But Pakistan is not America. There will be no riots when he's booked and from then on it'll be all downhill for 45 as an avalanche of indictments follow Alvin Bragg's. After his arrest we can envision a future when Americans can join hands and sing, Trump-free at last, Trump-free at last!
.
Blacklabel
I do agree with Elon of course.
if they are stupid enough to do this, 2024 is over and Trump will be back in the White House.
will also make a much more focused Trump in charge. Last time he was entirely too nice and gave too many people the benefit of the doubt.
Cant wait for the debates and rallies, they will be fire after this.
yamada1043
The former Insurrectionist-in-Chief … doing what he does best.
Yrral
Mueller found everything,Barr obstructed the investigation ,even the judge that supervise the investigation,knew Trump was guilty Google Judge Amy Jackson Trump Innocent
Blacklabel
Trump controlling his own narrative. Basically arrest him Tuesday or you got nothing.
let’s see what happens as this case is nonsense.
Superlib
Should be fun to see the mugshots, too.
Haaa Nemui
Should be turned into a modern day “Boy who cried wolf” situation. Let the protestors come on Tuesday. Don’t arrest him on Tuesday. If it happens enough times, the protestors will get tired of showing up for nothing. Then arrest him.
Mark
Paranoid Trump.
All the women he grabbed by the " Pus" are finally catching up with him.
deanzaZZR
Thanks. I needed that LOL.
bass4funk
What a bunch of garbage. No, he did not, but he was right, wouldn't be wiser to have Russia as more of an acceptable ally than an adversary? I mean, since they do hold the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet. Yeah, we should really tick them off, Biden already did that to the Saudis and now you want to do that to the Russians?
No, it points out that Bob Mueller couldn't find anything that points to that. 500 witnesses and 500 hundred Dem lawyers couldn't establish that they tried and tried and they came up with nothing.
He is definitely loyal to the US, that is why he's a threat, and that's the reason why he resonates with most blue-collar workers, the armed forces, law enforcement, and the border patrol.
Don't even start that, you will lose on that argument all day, the left can't say jack about the Constitution, they value it only when it applies to their political narrative, other than that, they could care less.
Yeah, we now know a lot of it is not the way the Dems said how it all went down, especially now that we have seen the video and more to come...
I think it's the other way around, even Turley and Dershowitz, two Hilary Democrat supporter law professors were saying this will be a tough one and even if he is indicted, he can still run constitutionally, so go ahead.
No, the Dems think that they are. Probably better to allow the political process to work itself out and let the voters decide, that would be democracy in its purest form and not another taxpayer-funded political hit job.
Mark
Trump is a "CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER" to America, LOCK HIM UP.
fxgai
That’s interesting. I have never been to the US, but recently I have had the impression that crime has been on the rise in places like New York and Chicago.
As for New York, wasn’t getting tough on crime one of the campaign promises of the current Mayor?
There are a few other odd statements in this article that makes me cautious about it.
starpunk
Ooh, he loves to be spanked. Hmmm....
He's not a man. And he's not fit for anything, nothing at all. Totally deranged with narcissism, sick vices and megalomaniacal ego.
OssanAmerica
OMG...the man has now really totally lost it. Before he was unfit in character to be POTUS. Now he's clearly mentally unfit.
Yrral
I do not know why men love Trump,it abnormal,they love Trump more than Melania do,she do not defend Trump,and she his wife
Peter Neil
He’s probably begging to be put in handcuffs for the perp walk. He’ll turn that into his official campaign poster.
starpunk
No he is not. trump gave his allegiance to Putin and everything he has done and said points clearly to that.
He is not loyal to the US, the Constitution or our laws. And Jan. 6, 2021 was nothing short of treason. And now he's howling for it again. He's a paranoid shrieking criminal who knows his day of redemption is coming. He is NOT the god he thinks he is.
Yrral
Bass4,I am a Democrat , Trump is his own worst lawyer,he should hire a real one
bass4funk
Who the heck wouldn’t????
Wrong President
Not at all, he just despises the swamp and the entire Washington establishment on both sides.
The Russians downed our drone and the response is, we have better things to worry about? Really? We had a Chinese spy balloon sailing across the US for 7 days before the current president took action, why? I think if anyone got stiffed it was the entire nation for having an appeasement President.
Wrong President, definitely. Lol
Bob Fosse
Some claimed impeachment would help him, that 1/6 would boost his support. Didn’t happen then and won’t happen now.
You’ve claimed countless times that he is untouchable and would never be arrested. So there’s that too.
Yubaru
"The establishment"... You do realize that the Republicans ARE the establishment?
Sounds rather paranoid, as you have ended up blaming both sides and everyone in between!
rocketpig
I must say the Trump haters are just as colorful as the China haters. I wonder if they are also equal in numbers. Thats why I keep coming back
bass4funk
I will mark that statement for the record books and hold you to your words.
Well, to be fair, it’s not about being worried, since 2015 the Dems have been using every single tactic to get this guy, every single one, by every possible way, even with the help of the Feds and social media all of it failed, now they’re going to try something new…again.
PTownsend
Trump would look at his global investments and properties first, then see which side US /West or Russia/China/Ira/North Korea would benefit him most before deciding. Trump has long shown his disdain for the US and its institutions, recall he stiffed the US on taxes but paid taxes to China. Right now Trump t is probably looking at properties in Ukraine he could vulture up for cheap, maybe his pal Putin could help him.
UChosePoorly
There is also a chance that there is no indictment and this is just kayfabe so he can say that he and his supporters convinced them to back off and so he gets a win. I guess we will see next week.
Bob Fosse
I think everyone who commits a crime should be held accountable, not just those people I don’t like.
If he has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide then you’ve nothing to worry about.
Especially with his new ‘coked up WWF wrestler’ lawyer. I like that guy, he’s funny.
bass4funk
No, that’s why the Dems were worried and the entire social media chat line is filled with concerns on how they can coordinate and increase police presence, the few that are left that didn’t quit.
This is definitely helping him without a doubt.
dagon
Indictments coming in against two oligarchs this week who like to accuse minorities of "racism" and whip up their aggrieved base who are actually suffering from the depredations of these same oligarchs.
Coincidence?
The toothlessness of the legal proceedings against these oligarchs shows how the legal establishment is, in fact, in their pocket.
Trump doth protest too much and has whipped up the NY legal establishment to pull the trigger on an advantageous (for him) prosecution.
master
If true, a second Trump Presidency is assured.
Yrral
Commanteer,you do not know anything about American or America system of government,these are individual citizen,that have been ask to administer justice under the supervision of a judge,they are ask to seek the truth ,under New York statutory law,this is not the Federal government,but a judicial district in Manhattan seeking the truth under statutory NY law Google Verdicto
Bob Fosse
lol no. You’re kidding yourself.
2020hindsights
Sven Asai
He also said that he would build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it. Why would you believe him when he lies all the time and sucks up to dictators. His way of ending the war would be to say, let all of Ukraine belong to Putin and walk away.
UChosePoorly
Sven - exactly what do you think Trump could do to convince the Russians to go back to Russia, pay reparations, return the stolen Ukrainians, and handle over their war criminals? Is it possible to you need to reset your expectations of what Trump is capable of?
bass4funk
No, he’s smart, he’s sees through this scheme and wants to cut the Dems to the quick.
He also knows that if he says anything, anything it’s like catnip for the left, guy loves to stir up the left, he’s done just that.
Here we go…
No, the most dangerous people are the Democrats, the establishment, the intelligence agencies and big tech.
If that were true, then why have the left been overly obsessed with this guy? How about allowing the political process to work itself out, what are the Dems afraid of?
Half the country does.
You either want people to work or you don’t.
No, Biden did that. These last two years he’s pushed the Saudis, the Russians and Chinese together, they took Trump’s call, they didn’t blow him off.
Democrats, exactly.
Bob Fosse
The old ‘they’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you routine’ works on dummies every time.
Sven Asai
Whatever you think about him, but I really would recommend waiting with arrest when he says he can end Ukraine war and further nuclear confrontation between the global blocks. But maybe that’s just the intention, to just taking him quickly out of the play, for not letting him to do that or at least that he can show a bit something into that direction.
Yubaru
Be one of the best things to happen in the USA in decades! Just imagine a picture of Trump in cuffs, being led away in a cop care.
commanteer
America, as a democracy, is dead. It's no different from China or Russian these days. Throw your political opponents in jail. At least in China and Russia, most citizens understand how corrupt their systems are. Americans are still grunting U-S-A, U-S-A and pumping their fists.
Haaa Nemui
Trump tantrums like this are a pretty big distraction that.
jeffb
Perfect distraction from bank closures and Biden collusion with CCP.
Superlib
You aren't an American, Trump. Americans swear an oath to The Constutution. You and your supporters swear an oath to you. Do not attack our instututions again.
It will he fun seeing him in handcuffs. Whatever happens after that, so be it.
Yrral
LoveJapan,these are independent juries ,they act independent of the state under a judge supervision,they are not intimidated by Trump
deanzaZZR
Beware the ALL CAPS mad man with his idiotic followers. If you are going to pay porn stars hush money don't lie about it in your financial statements.
Madverts
Those that come to parrot Trump's lies better reach for the Adderall, this is about to get a little weird...
HonestDictator
It is possible for him to be indicted and arrested. Step enough on the wrong toes... The problem is his wanna be dictator persona is showing. His "save 'murica" is more of a "Save ME!" plea. He believes his presence is more important than the USA he lives and makes money in.
PTownsend
Trump is so sick he wants another January 6th event, and he seems to be calling out to some of his gang of thugs like the Proud Boys to bring their nastiness. He has claimed on his social media site 'big lies social' that he is clairvoyant, but if he is (doubtful) he would have known he lost the last election, unless he lied once again. Trump is the most dangerous man in the US, but Putin/Xi/Kim/the Ayatollah and other anti-west dictators love how he has further divided and weakened the US. They know he's a dictator appeaser and want him back in the White House, same with the US establishment who know Tump will try to lower their and his own taxes again, while helping Russia and China expand which would increase the wealth of those in the US and global establishment.
LoveJapan
Sadly, there's little chance of him being arrested.