Former US President Donald Trump lashed out at New York attorney Alvin Bragg for making criminal allegations against him and pleading that he is a victim of election interference without presenting evidence.
“I never thought anything like this could happen in America,” Mr Trump told supporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, reports RTE.
Earlier, Mr Trump pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan court to 34 counts of forgery of corporate records after prosecutors accused him of paying two women ahead of the 2016 election to reveal their sexual encounters with them. Publication can be suppressed.
Overnight in Florida, Trump, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, delivered a relatively short 25-minute speech compared to his rally speeches, which can sometimes last up to two hours, reports RTE.
Despite launching a scathing attack against the prosecutors, he has not called on his supporters to renew protests. And while he is expected to be back on the campaign trail soon, he did not provide details about it.
Mr Trump, 76, has dug deep into his well of personal grudges to argue he is haunted by political opponents who are using the legal system against him to try to prevent him from regaining the White House in 2024. are doing.
Mr. Trump has handled all the various legal matters against him, from his handling of confidential documents when he left the White House in early 2021, to the investigation into the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the election interference case he is facing in Georgia since the 2020 election.
Mr Trump expressed particular concern over the documents case being probed by special counsel Jack Smith, whom he has repeatedly called “lunatic”, reports RTE.
Trump’s wife Melania was not seen in the ballroom.
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