Miami (EFE) that it is “united in the peaceful defense” of the movement that brought him to the White House in 2017.
In a series of messages sent to his followers, Trump, who last weekend warned that he was going to be arrested this Tuesday for the investigation into payments allegedly made in 2016 to a porn actress in exchange for her silence and called his followers to protest, stressed that “the left and the deep state” “hate” him.
“With the very fate of our Republic at stake, there has never been a more important time to show these shadowy forces that all 74 million Trump voters are united to peacefully defend our movement,” reads the message announcing the pickup drive. of signatures.
Trump, who is campaigning as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, faces several judicial problems, among which is the investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney for alleged payments to the porn actress Stormy Daniels to, allegedly, buy her silence on a sexual relationship they had.
A grand jury must decide whether or not to prosecute the former president, while, according to what has been reported in different media, the security forces are alert to possible demonstrations by Trump supporters, such as those that occurred on January 6, 2021 in the assault on the Capitol in mind.
Trump declares himself a victim
The former president, who is believed to be this Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Palm Beach (Florida), where some of his followers peacefully demonstrated on Monday, claims to be the victim of a “witch hunt” in the one that has implicated the financier George Soros and the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
“If the media leaks are correct, this could be the last time I write to you before a possible impeachment is filed,” Trump said in one of the messages on Tuesday.
The former president thanked the support of the “patriots” who joined his movement “America First” (USA first) started eight years ago when “all the media and the ‘establishment’ said we were doomed to fail” .
“There is not a single doubt in my mind that we will prevail, take back the White House, and make America great again!” he concluded.
Palm Beach media, such as the WPTV channel, reported that Trump supporters who demonstrated on Monday in that city where he has his residence plan to do so this Tuesday as well.
Expectation in New York
The Manhattan Criminal Court woke up this Tuesday surrounded by local and international media that are waiting to obtain more details about the investigation of the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office for alleged payments from Trump to Daniels, and with protests from small groups for and against. of the republican
Early in the morning, about twenty people, mostly retirees, protested outside the courthouse against the former president and current candidate for the 2024 presidential primaries with signs that read: “Trump is guilty” and “No one is above the law.”
They also displayed caricatures of Trump behind bars and in a prisoner’s uniform.
The demonstrators and the press were separated by metal fences and watched over by a heavy police presence.
