{"id":132040,"date":"2023-03-31T00:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T00:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=132040"},"modified":"2023-03-31T00:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T00:55:41","slug":"trump-rages-over-indictment-calls-it-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/trump-rages-over-indictment-calls-it-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rages over indictment, calls it &quot;persecution&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/7mFq1uTnNYVH6njD4c2MyfF6QaY=\/0x0:5392x3033\/1920x1080\/2023\/03\/30\/1680218916255.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy statement and on Truth Social, former President Trump angrily responded to news of his indictment Thursday by casting the charges political persecution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>It&#x27;s the first time in U.S. history a former president has been indicted. Trump has frequently cast himself as a victim of overzealous investigators and has called for protests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&quot;Never before in our nation&#x27;s<\/strong> history has this been done,&quot; Trump said a statement, calling the indictment a &quot;witch hunt&quot; and alleging that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was &quot;doing Joe Biden&#x27;s dirty work.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/dkDVADvfAbDka4EoEx3Pj6opXcc=\/2023\/03\/30\/1680218686972.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Truth Social<\/strong>, Trump said: &quot;These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED [sic] the 45th President of the United States of America, and the leading Republican Candidate&quot; for president.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &quot;THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. IT IS LIKEWAISE A CONTINUING ATTACK ON OUR ONCE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS&#8230;THE USA IS NOW A THIRD-WORLD NATION, A NATION IN SERIOUS DECLINE. SO SAD!&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In his statement,<\/strong> Trump predicted that a Manhattan grand jury&#x27;s decision to indict him over alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 would motivate his supporters in upcoming elections. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>He immediately began fundraising off of the indictment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/30\/trump-indictment-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a lengthy statement and on Truth Social, former President Trump angrily responded to news of his indictment Thursday by casting the charges political persecution. 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