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(TJV) “What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?” Trump wrote just after 1 a.m. on Friday, on his social media platform “Truth Social”
Left leaning influencers have jumped on this somewhat unhinged social media post from Trump, and claim the former President is stroking the flames of violence.
Manhattan District Attorney is rumored to be on the verge of indicting Trump if a grand jury recommends it in the case of hush payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. Of note, the grand jury did not meet on Wednesday or Thursday, and any charges are not expected to be filed until next week at the earliest, The Hill reports.
Bragg’s argument was seemingly undercut earlier this week, after a 2018 letter emerged in which former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s attorney says Cohen himself paid Daniels [Stephanie Clifford] out of his own pocket, and was not reimbursed, Zero Hedge notes.
“In a private transaction in 2016, before the U.S. presidential election, Mr. Cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford [Stormy Daniels],” reads the 2018 letter from Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan to the Federal Election Commission.
Trump will hold a rally this Saturday in Waco, Texas.
