Donald Trump warns of ‘death and destruction’ if he is faced with financial crime World news

Former US President Donald Trump warned of potential “death & destruction” if he faces criminal charges, hours after New York prosecutors investigating his payments to porn star Stormy Daniels said they would not be intimidated.

The post early Friday on Trump’s Truth social media site was the latest in a string of verbal attacks on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg since last Saturday when Trump falsely predicted he would be arrested three days later.

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Trump falsely claimed that his defeat in 2020 was the result of fraud – a claim that inspired his followers to launch a deadly attack on January 6, 2021, an attack on the US Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress stands to confirm the election of Democratic President Joe Biden. , who bested the Republican Trump by more than 7 million votes.

“What kind of person can sue another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who has more votes than any sitting President in history, and the leading candidate (by far!) for the Party nomination Republican Party, with a Crime, When you all know that NO Crime was committed, and we also know that the death and potential destruction in such a false charge could be a disaster for our Country?” wrote Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Bragg’s office, in a letter to Republican congressional leaders on Thursday, challenged their stance to investigate his office and said Trump had “created false hope that he would be arrested” in his Saturday post.

The letter called the president’s request for communications, documents and evidence an “unlawful attack on the sovereignty of New York.”

Stormy Daniels, a veteran film actress and director whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said that she received money in exchange for silence about a sexual affair she had with Trump in 2006.

Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels, and has called the payment a “simple private transaction.” He has said that he did not commit a crime, and has called the investigation political.

The Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump is not due to reconvene until next week.

In other cases, Georgia prosecutors are looking into Trump’s efforts to overturn his election defeat there, and a special federal prosecutor is investigating both his efforts to overturn his loss and the removal of classified documents from the White House after Trump leave the office.

On Saturday, Trump will hold a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, 30 years after an attack on the Department of Defense by federal agents that left 86 dead, including four law enforcement officers.

The event has become a symbol of government weakness for some and is a rallying point for some right-wing extremist groups.

In an email, a Trump campaign spokeswoman said Waco was chosen because it is located among several major population centers and has the infrastructure needed to host a major event.