Indictments or threats of them can boost Donald Trump's standing in the short run. The fact that Trump is leaning in so energetically shows he believes the same thing.
In typical fashion, however, Trump didn’t wait for the grand jury to speak, calling on his followers to stage protests in an echo of what he had tweeted ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol . On Friday morning, the former president posted an even more troubling message on Truth Social, calling Bragg “a degenerate psychopath” and warning of “potential death and destruction” if he is indicted in connection with what he termed “a false charge.
Numerous times, Trump has faced serious allegations without paying much of a price in his political standing, especially within his party. He was twice impeached . He weathered the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III into Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign, an inquiry that some of his adversaries believed would have taken him down.He’s facing three other legal probes now. One involves the attack on Jan.
House Republicans responded to Trump’s appeals by trying to put Bragg in the dock. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter asking Bragg for documents and testimony about his investigation, stretching the definition of legitimate congressional oversight.
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