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Donald Trump: “This is persecution”

2023-08-04 09:40:14 Updated on 2023-08-04 09:41:46

Responding for the first time to the federal charges, Donald Trump commented: “This is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden by a lot. So if you can't beat `em, you persecute `em or you prosecute 'em. We can't let this happen in America.”

Donald Trump, never two without three!

On August 1, Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy against democracy. This is the third indictment against Donald Trump, following those stemming from the Stormy Daniels affair in New York and the classified documents affair in Florida.

Donald Trump, never two without three!

Here we go again, as we find ourselves on the cusp of a third arrest for the former President of the United States.

Donald Trump, never two without three!

That's what Donald Trump himself believes, after revealing...

Donald Trump, never two without three!

...he received notification that he was officially targeted in the investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol assault on January 6, 2021.

Donald Trump, never two without three!

The former president announced the news on his own social network.

Donald Trump, never two without three!

On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters...

Donald Trump, never two without three!

...stormed the Capitol in Washington...

Donald Trump, never two without three!

...after a speech by the ex-president in which he called on his supporters to march down to the Capitol to show the elected officials inside who were to certify the election result (and thus the new president Joe Biden)...

Donald Trump, never two without three!

...that the people had chosen Trump instead, creating a riot outside and inside the building, an assault that left people dead and many others wounded and later described as an insurrection.

Donald Trump, never two without three!

The former president was previously charged in the Stormy Daniels case, as well as in the case of classified documents found by the FBI at his Mar-A-Lago residence.