Ex US President
In court for “bullshit”: Trump railed against justice
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Windham High School. photo
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Donald Trump is not known for his chosen language. This time, however, the former US President was particularly vulgar in his criticism of the judiciary – and received applause from the crowd.
Trump repeatedly railed against the judiciary and made them contemptible. However, he does not usually use such expletives. “This will be the future of elections in America, where an incumbent president tells his attorney general to impeach the opponent to try to bring down the opponent,” Trump said.
The 77-year-old is the first ex-president in US history to face criminal charges. Trump was indicted last week for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Republican, who wants to return to the White House after the 2024 election, lost to his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. To this day he does not recognize this defeat and spreads the lie about electoral fraud. The new indictment is the second federal charge against Trump and the third overall.
Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed a special investigator in the federal investigation into Trump to ensure the independence of the sensitive investigation. The minister also hired a special counsel to investigate Biden’s handling of classified documents from his time as vice president. Garland was proposed as Attorney General by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate. Trump presents the charges against himself as political persecution. In the race for the presidential candidacy, however, criminal prosecution has not harmed him so far – in internal party polls by Republicans, he leads by a wide margin.