Miami (EFE) have a “sordid record of bashing conservatives.”
A day after Trump announced that he was informed of his indictment and that he is scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on June 13, the group Make America Great Again (MAGA) published a list of Smith’s alleged attacks on Republicans using quotes. from journalists from conservative media and politicians such as Texan Senator Ted Cruz.
Trump defends his “innocence”
The former president (2017-2021), who is campaigning with the goal of returning to the White House, has stated that he is “innocent” and that the objective of this accusation in federal justice is to “damage his reputation” to prevent him from winning the 2024 elections.
“Collusion”, “electoral interference” and “deceit” are the words that Trump repeats throughout a video published last night, in which he accuses President Joe Biden of being behind the prosecution, the second this year, although the previous one not in federal justice and for less serious charges.
Until now, the US Department of Justice has not ruled, but it has been reported to the media that there are seven charges against Trump in the federal courts of Miami, where since mid-May a grand jury has heard witnesses about Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, which by law belong to the state.
One more factor in the middle of the elections
The charges have to do with the discovery in 2022 of boxes of classified documents, some labeled “top secret”, which were found in a search at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence in Palm Beach (east coast of Florida). ).
“I am an innocent man, an innocent person,” Trump says in the video, in which he proclaims himself the most popular president and who has done the most things for the United States.
He also says he has “a tremendous” lead over Democrat Biden in voting intention polls in the 2024 presidential election.
That is the reason that “they have come for me”, emphasizes the candidate for the Republican nomination who, according to the polls, has a better chance of being able to compete in 2024 with Biden, who is seeking re-election.
His indictment, the first for federal crimes against a former US president, could have a “significant” impact on Trump’s future, according to former federal prosecutor David Weinstein.
“What strikes me about the charge related to what is called the Espionage Law for the illegal theft and possession of certain documents is not so much the punishment associated with that charge, but the fact that anyone convicted of that crime in particular, he can no longer hold public office and that is certainly significant,” he told CBS.
It is not the first entanglement of the former president
Trump, who will turn 77 next week, was prosecuted in March by a court in Manhattan (New York) for crimes related to paying money in 2016 to a porn actress in exchange for not talking about an alleged sexual encounter that according to she had in Nevada.
When these payments became known, Trump was in the middle of the campaign for the presidential elections, as he is right now.
Leading figures in the Republican Party have closed ranks around Trump, including some of his primary rivals such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.