![]() “This kind of message is playing with fire, and we are very lucky that it does not seem to have driven more conflict,” said John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the University of Toronto’s online watchdog Citizen Lab. Pennsylvania is a crucial battleground state where former Vice-President Joe Biden’s jumped ahead Friday and in a televised address later predicted a victory that would give him the presidency. The messages directed Trump fans to converge at a downtown intersection where hundreds of protesters from the opposing candidates’ camps faced off Thursday afternoon. "You are going to have county attorneys in red areas, in parts of rural Kentucky where I am, who are going to try to overreach into federal election crime," he said.BOSTON - A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election. James Comer one of the signatories told CNN’s State of the Union that Bragg had opened “a can of worms", warning this could be retaliated by Republican prosecutors around the country. ![]() Earlier a week, three House Republicans demanded Bragg demanding to provide a record of a criminal investigation of Trump which was snubbed by the prosecutor as unlawful. Republicans have also been supporting Trump in his claims of a politicised and "weaponized" prosecutorial system. He also noted while mentioning the strong case in Manhattan against Trump saying: “Whichever of these prosecutions move forward, I hope whoever moves forward has a rock solid case.” The senator also said: "If he spurs on additional violence, it would be one further stain on his already checkered reputation." He also accused the former president of having “very little moral compass”. "If he keeps it up it’s going to get someone killed,” warned Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of RepresentativesĬalling Trump’s rhetoric outrageous, Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic chair of the Senate intelligence committee, told CNN’s State of the Union yesterday that the FBI is ready for the demonstrations. Michael Cohen, who made the initial payment from Trump pleaded guilty in court and served prison for violating campaign finance laws and tax fraud.Īs Trump has been criticising Bragg racially, it is feared that it may lead to racially motivated violence.ĭonald Trump also said that there would be "death and destruction" were he to be charged. Trump has been vehemently denying the charges against him. “This had nothing to do with campaign finance."ĭaniels was allegedly paid in the last days of Trump's presidency when she was about to make her and Trump's sexual encounter public. The lawyer while mentioning the unfair rial said: "This was a personal civil settlement that’s done every day in New York City. Tacopina during his interview did not comment on Trump's rhetoric, saying "he was a lawyer – not a social media consultant". Last week, his first 2024 big rally in Waco Texas was aimed at his opponents which he said, were "prosecutorial misconduct by radical left maniacs". The Manhattan case is at the centre of his presidential campaign of 2024 calling it a "witch hunt" against him. ![]() Though there were no formal accusations by the court, the grand jury is to meet on Monday (today) to arraign him. The Hush money case on Trump has really challenged Trump as he said his every detail has been dissected. So I think he just assumed, based on those leaks, that was what was going to happen." While speaking on NBC's program Meet the Press, he said “he didn’t make it up, he was reacting to a lot of leaks coming out of the district attorney’s office, adding "and then there was of course a lot of rumours regarding the arraignment being the next day. Trump started a countrywide hysteria last week as he announced on his own Social media platform Truth Social that his arrest is likely on Tuesday in a criminal investigation underway in New York.Īuthorities increased the security measures of the Manhattan courthouse around the district attorney Alvin Bragg who is leading the case, fearing that a similar on Capitol Hill 2021 occurrence may happen. ![]() AFPĪs the speculations of his arrests took hold, former US president Donald Trump's lawyer Joseph Tacopina has said that Trump issued threatening remarks and incendiary statements on mere speculations. Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 election campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. ![]()
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