As former U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for his historic speech Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse, the question most around him has is: Will he be able to shut up, or will his loose lips get him in more trouble? ?
Given Trump’s track record, it seems unlikely that a cat would suddenly successfully grab his tongue. But the dangers for Trump in the coming hours, days and weeks are enormous. Careless speech, boxing remarks or threatening activity on social networks can plunge him into even more criminal dirt at any moment.
Trump’s lawyers have already taken steps to remove the post made on the former president’s Truth Social account. It showed a split image with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the right and Trump aggressively brandishing a baseball bat on the left. Worried that Trump appeared to be making death threats to prosecutors, his lawyers convinced the former president to remove the photo, with Trump later telling Fox News that “fake news media” were to blame for the controversy.
Hours later, he again erupted in scathing criticism on social media accusing Bragg of being a “degenerate psychopath” whose decision to prosecute Trump for tacit payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels resulted in “death and destruction” . the world can call. USA. As he had dealt with previous abusers in the past, he accused Bragg of “PURSUITING MISBEHAVIOR!”
If Trump doesn’t get his temper tantrums under control, he risks facing more than 30 alleged charges, for which he will face New York authorities Tuesday afternoon. Even former Attorney General William Barr, who left the Justice Department in disgust at Trump’s false accusations of voter fraud, is urging the former president to keep his mouth shut.
Barr told Fox News his former boss “lacks self-control” and warned that it would be a “particularly bad idea” for Trump to testify for his defense at his New York trial.
A judge could potentially issue a non-disclosure order in the case, but that would lead to a First Amendment challenge and more election interference lawsuits, leading to another massive legal battle that would further delay the case.
Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who preceded Bragg in office, told NBC News he was “troubled” by Trump’s behavior towards his successor. He pointed out that Trump is in danger of “committing another crime, such as obstructing public administration, which is detrimental to the functioning of the government.” He warned that any additional indictment in addition to the existing one “could change the jury’s mind about the seriousness of the case they are investigating.”
For decades, Trump believed that the best way to protect his behavior from prosecutorial scrutiny and investigation was to scold, obstruct, and procrastinate. It took five years before the allegations in the silence bribery case were fleshed out, and many lawyers believe that the wheel of justice in New York is turning so slowly that the case may not even make it to the November 2024 presidential election.
Even if the case got to the point of Perry Mason, the legal basis for the charge had not been explored and Vance chose not to indict the former president, believing the case might be hopeless. Bragg disagrees and, arguably, insists.
Nothing in this case prevents Trump from continuing to seek the Republican presidential nomination and continue to profit from the “witch hunt” he says the prosecutor’s office is running. Thus, the former president’s campaign is raising funds on scorched earth based on impeachment counts.
In an email over the weekend, Bragg was accused of a “blatant attempt to interfere in the 2024 election” and said “we will not allow the armed law enforcement and corrupt justice system of the Biden regime to destroy our America.” “.
The Trump campaign claims to have raised $5 million in just 48 hours, with “more than 25 percent of donations coming from new donors,” claims that cannot be independently confirmed until later this year, a federal election Committee.
In another display of self-confidence, Trump is preparing to address the nation just hours after his court appearance on Tuesday. Expecting to be in and out of the courthouse in a few minutes, he plans to give a prime time speech as soon as he returns to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, his fingers possibly still covered in ink from fingerprints. fingers to go through. .
Bragg will no doubt be one of those watching and preparing for the former president’s legal troubles to escalate if Trump’s hawkish speech requires it.
Source: I News
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