Since it's message on Saturday In which he predicted an arrest on Tuesday that never happened, the former president posted or reposted more than 80 times on Truth Social, the Twitter clone he created after he was kicked off the platform following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Most of Trump's posts relate to his rage against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is overseeing a case against Trump that is believed to center around his involvement in paying hush money to an adult entertainer. Stormy Danielsreal name of Stephanie Clifford, who claimed to have novel with Trump before the 2016 election. Trump admitted to compensation his lawyer, Michael Cohen, received the payment but denied having sex with Daniels.
In a series of rambling, evidence-free messages that alternated between lowercase and capital letters, Trump attacked Bragg as a Democratic prosecutor waging a political vendetta against him at the behest of more powerful liberals.
“I HAVE A VERY HARD BELIEVE,” Trump wrote in one such post, symbolic of how well he is taking it all, “THAT IS A RACIST SUPPORTING SOROS, A DA WHO ALLOWS MURDERERS, RAPISTS AND DRUG DEALERS TO BE FREE AND WHO CHAIRED THE BIGGEST A WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIMES IN NEW YORK'S HISTORY USES HIS OFFICE'S POWER TO PROSECUTE, CHARGE AND PROSECUTE A FORMER PRESIDENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – NOT FOR THE CRIME OF WITCH HUNT! IT WILL NEVER END BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Trump also has repeatedly was looking for link Bragg to billionaire George Soros, whose political donations are often targeted anti-Semitic attacks from the rightbut whose ties with the DA seem tenuous.
Trump also presented an argument that his lawyers are expected to make if he is indicted: that any charge would be outside the statute of limitations for such a crime. “It has been MANY years past the statute of limitations, which in this case is TWO YEARS,” he wrote. Monday. “And most importantly, THERE WAS NO CRIME!!!”
The expected accusation against Trump is that he allegedly falsified business records to cover up another crime (in this case a likely violation of federal election law) – usually has a legal basis. term five years from the date of the alleged conduct (i.e. 2016).
But prosecutors also have more time under the law to bring charges if the accused “was constantly out of this state“like Trump, who spent years living in the White House and in Florida.
Trump has also repeatedly criticized the nature of the case expected to be brought against him. allocation on Wednesday an excerpt from New York Times History which analyzed the untested legal strategy of mixing state and federal fees.
