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Donald Trump announced on Saturday, March 19, 2023, that he would be “arrested” on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, calling on his supporters to demonstrate, in anticipation of the possibility of him being formally charged in the case of paying a sum of money to a porn star to buy her silence over a relationship she says she had with him years ago.
“The main Republican candidate and former President of the United States of America will be arrested next Tuesday,” Trump wrote on his account on his social platform, Truth Social, Saturday morning.
And if he is arrested or even charged, this will be a precedent for a former president in the United States.
The investigation focuses on paying $130,000 a few weeks before the 2016 elections to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, about a relationship she says she had with Trump years ago, which would have harmed the chances of the presidential candidate who won those elections.
Although the payment of this amount is in itself legal, it poses a problem, given that the New York Attorney General’s office, which is leading the investigation, is treating it as a hidden donation within the framework of the president’s campaign, in violation of campaign finance laws.
“It’s going to be crazy”
Trump, a candidate for the 2024 presidential election, added in a flyer in large letters, “Demonstrate! Take Back Our Country!”
This call echoes the call he made in 2020, stressing that the presidential elections were “stolen” from him, to push his supporters to demonstrate in Washington on January 6, 2021. He considered the speech he delivered at the time a prelude to an attack by his supporters on the Capitol building, the seat of the legislative authority. In an event that shocked America and the world.
He wrote in a tweet on December 19, 2020, “Big protest in Washington on January 6th, join it, it will be crazy,” before calling on his supporters in a speech the same day to “fight hard.”
Banned from Twitter and other social networks following what was seen as incitement to violence, Trump has recently been reinstated on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. On Friday, he published his first posts on Facebook and YouTube since suspending his accounts two years ago.
But he posted his latest comments Saturday on his social platform, TruthSocial.
130 thousand dollars
By referring to “leaks” from the New York State Attorney’s Office in the Manhattan area, the former US president added impetus to signs and rumors that have been multiplying for days about a possible criminal indictment in the Stormy Daniels case by a grand jury, a citizens’ commission with broad investigative powers. responsible for the certification of the indictment.
Through its platform, Truth Social, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has described Alvin Bragg, an elected and Democrat judge, as “deeply corrupt and politicized.”
And after the former Republican president (2017-2021) faced a number of legal cases without being charged in them, he may see this threat come true this time soon.
And his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who has become a staunch enemy, is responsible for paying Clifford $130,000 to buy her silence about this supposed affair with Trump dating back to 2006.
Last week, Michael Cohen, who was convicted in this case, testified at least twice before the grand jury in this investigation.
And Trump, a candidate for the 2024 presidential election, will participate next Saturday in a rally in Waco, Texas.
“Trump’s announcement this morning is dangerous,” said Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who was Speaker of the House of Representatives at the time of the attack on the Capitol, accusing him of wanting to “continue to make headlines and stir up his supporters.”
