Trump made the warning a day before his first major rally in Waco, Texas — where 30 years ago, a deadly federal raid stoked anti-government sentiment among far-right extremists.
warned there could be violence if he’s indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in an escalation of verbal attacks on prosecutors investigating the former president for potential crimes.
In a Truth Social post early Friday, Trump asked how a former president could be charged with a crime given that “potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?” Trump made the warning a day before his first major rally of the 2024 Republican campaign in Texas, a friendly locale full of symbolism. The rally will be in Waco, 30 years after federal law enforcement raided a cult headquarters and stoked anti-government sentiment among far-right extremists.criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin BraggLast weekend, Trump predicted he would be arrested in the New York probe related to a payment just before theto buy her silence about an alleged affair.
The former president has labeled Bragg, who is Black, racist and “an animal” and linked him to Democratic political donorIn a statement in Politico’s New York Playbook newsletter on Friday, civil rights leaders including Al Sharpton called Trump’s comments an effort to “burn down the greatest values of our democracy and destroy honest, ethical officials performing their constitutional duties” to avoid accountability.
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