Webdesk: Hours after New York prosecutors investigating his hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels vowed they would not be intimidated. Former US President Donald Trump threatened of “death & devastation” if he faces criminal charges.
Since last Saturday, when Trump incorrectly predicted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s arrest three days later. Trump’s Truth Social networking site has verbally attacked him.
Trump falsely claimed his 2020 defeat was due to fraud. This claim encouraged his followers to launch a violent Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Attack was to stop Congress from certifying Democratic President Joseph Biden’s election. Who defeated Trump by more than 7 million votes.
“What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States. Who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination. With a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed. Also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?” Trump, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, wrote.
The chairmen’s request for communications, records, and testimony was a “unlawful encroachment into New York’s sovereignty,” according to the letter.
Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress and director whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she got the money to remain silent about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.
Grand Jury
Next Monday, the Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump will reassemble.
A federal special counsel is probing Trump’s attempts to overturn his election loss in Georgia and the removal of confidential records from the White House after he left office.
Trump will address a campaign event in Waco, Texas, 30 years after federal authorities raided the Branch Davidians religious group and killed 86 people, including four law enforcement officials.
For some, the tragedy symbolises government overreach and is a pivotal moment for right-wing extremists.
A Trump campaign official said in an email that Waco was picked because it is between several major population centres and has the facilities to host a large gathering.
