- Trump Sees Indictments as Boost to 2024 Presidential Campaign
- Claims Allegations are “Fake” and “Sham,” Accuses Biden’s Administration of Interference
- Defiant Speech Amid Ongoing Legal Troubles, Next Hearing Set for August 28
The former president told Alabama Republicans his multiple indictments boosted his 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump called his indictment a “truly great badge of honour” and that more charges might help him win in 2020.
The former president told Alabama Republicans that indictments boost his poll numbers, calling them “fake” and “sham”.
Trump also asserted that he has no competition for the Republican nomination, stating, “Nobody even has a chance.”
He added, accusing Joe Biden’s administration of attempting to interfere with his campaign. “They are attempting to say it is illegal to question the results of a bad election.”
Trump pledged to “evict crooked Joe Biden” and “expect thugs and criminals from the halls of power in Washington, DC” if he is re-elected president. He also stated, “We are going to have to win some battles… our country is going to hell.”
He asserted once more that his successor would be “the most incompetent and corrupt president in the history of the United States” and that the “radical left” would not be permitted to “rig the 2024 election.”
Trump said the Republican debates “makes no sense” because they’re trailing in other surveys.
“I enjoy debating, but sometimes you don’t want to be an imbecile. You want an intelligent president, not an ignorant one,” he told the gathering.
The defiant speech comes a day after Trump appeared in a court in Washington, D.C., and pleaded not guilty to attempting to overturn the 2020 election, characterizing it as a “very sad day for America”
He denied fresh charges connected to his secret material management after departing the White House yesterday.
Trump has used his legal troubles to solicit funds from his supporters, claiming he could face “561 years in prison for a crime I did not commit.”
The Republican frontrunner has been criminally charged three times in the past four months and is also facing civil action over allegations that he paid “hush” money to a former porn actress in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
The former president faces 20-year jail sentences for obstruction of an official procedure and conspiracy to obstruct.
The maximum term for conspiracy to deceive the US is five years, and conspiracy against rights is ten.
Trump is the first president to be charged with a felony, although he has denied wrongdoing.
This defiance has supported his presidential campaign for 2024.
Trump attacked special counsel Jack Smith, who headed the investigation that resulted in the most recent charges and the classified documents case, in a campaign advertisement shown at the Alabama event.
Also targeted is Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who indicted the former president in a case involving blackmail money.
Despite the criminal cases, many Republicans have continued to finance Trump’s election campaign.
The following hearing is scheduled for August 28, five days after the first Republican primary debate.
