Donald Trump Doubles Down on Reports About His Imminent Arrest, Accuses Biden of Being Behind It All
Former President Barack Obama and former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton had similar campaign violations, but neither were arrested.
Donald Trump in a series of Truth Social posts on Sunday to put to rest any reports that he is "walking back" his comments about being arrested this week.
Trump doubled down on his comments about the Soros-backed Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg, and even accused President Joe Biden of being involved in the "witch hunt."
"Biden wants to pretend he has nothing to do with the Manhattan D.A.’s Assault on Democracy when, in fact, he has 'stuffed' the D.A.’s Office with Department of Injustice people, including one top DOJ operative from D.C. who is actually running the 'Horseface' Witch Hunt," Trump railed. "Bragg is a (Soros) Racist in Reverse, who is taking his orders from D.C. I beat them TWICE, doing much better the second time, and despite their DISINFORMATION campaign, they don’t want to run against 'TRUMP' or my GREAT RECORD!"
"When Alvin Bragg first attained office, he made it very clear that, like many other prosecutors, there was no case against Donald J. Trump," he continued. "Then the Biden Administration, the Democrats, and the Fake News Media began pushing him, and pushing him hard, and low and behold he said that there might just be a case after all. I knew what that meant — He was being pushed to do something that shouldn’t be done. He wasn’t willing to stand up to Soros and the Marxists that are destroying our Country!"
"There was no 'misdemeanor' here either," he continued. "There was no crime, period. All other of the many Democrat law enforcement officers that looked at it, took a pass. So did Cy Vance, and so did Bragg. But then, much latter, he changed his mind. Gee, I wonder why? Prosecutorial Misconduct and Interference with an Election. Investigate the Investigators!"
Fox News had earlier reported that Donald Trump appeared to be "walking back" statements about his arrest on Tuesday.
However, the Manhattan D.A. seemed to confirm there was some merit to Trump's concerns by issuing a statement on Saturday night saying his office will not be "intimidated" about potential blowback.
“Please know that your safety is our top priority,” Bragg’s email read in part. “We have full confidence in our outstanding security staff and investigators, along with our great OCA and NYPD colleagues, and will continue to coordinate with all of them. We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York.”
“Our law enforcement partners will ensure that any specific or credible threats against the office will be fully investigated and that the proper safeguards are in place so all 1,600 of us have a secure work environment,” the email continued.
“This office is full of the finest public servants in the country,” the message added. “I am committed to maintaining a safe work environment where everyone is able to continue to serve the public with the same diligence and professionalism that make this institution so renowned. In the meantime, as with all of our investigations, We will continue to apply the law evenly and fairly, and speak publicly only when appropriate.”
Constitutional attorney Jonathan Turley is among critics of the Trump prosecution that believes the charges against him are "short on the law."
"Although it may be politically popular, the case is legally pathetic," Turley argued. "Bragg is struggling to twist state laws to effectively prosecute a federal case long ago rejected by the Justice Department against Trump over his payment of 'hush money' to former stripper Stormy Daniels. In 2018 (yes, that is how long this theory has been around), I wrote how difficult such a federal case would be under existing election laws. Now, six years later, the same theory may be shoehorned into a state claim."
"It is extremely difficult to show that paying money to cover up an embarrassing affair was done for election purposes as opposed to an array of obvious other reasons, from protecting a celebrity’s reputation to preserving a marriage," he continued. "That was demonstrated by the failed federal prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards on a much stronger charge of using campaign funds to cover up an affair."
"In this case, Trump reportedly paid Daniels $130,000 in the fall of 2016 to cut off or at least reduce any public scandal," he added. "The Southern District of New York’s U.S. Attorney’s office had no love lost for Trump, pursuing him and his associates in myriad investigations, but it ultimately rejected a prosecution based on the election law violations. It was not alone: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) chair also expressed doubts about the theory."
In addition, Hillary Clinton similarly ran afoul of FEC regulations in regards to improperly claiming legal expenses and merely had to pay a fine.
"The Federal Election Commission has reportedly fined Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee over complaints that they violated federal law in improperly describing expenditures to law firm Perkins Coie, who then hired research firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump," Fox News reported at the time.
Former President Barack Obama in 2013 was fined $375,000 for campaign reporting violations, one of the largest fines ever doled out by the FEC.
Neither were arrested.
Perhaps you should make the highly important point that the Trump payment did not involve CAMPAIGN funds at all. He used his own funds, which means there is no campaign finance violation whatsoever.
DA Bragg originally didn’t want to pursue this. It would be interesting where the real push is coming from. Coincidentally, the rumor started soon after Biden Crime Family ties to CCP payments were announced. I think Trump is right when he said Biden was behind it. Or, the ones running the Biden administration as ol’ Joe just recites from notes and signs whatever EO is written.