According to one adviser, former President Donald Trump feels “emboldened” as charges are brought against his business and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg. And there’s a long list of charges, including grand larceny. Weisselberg pleaded not guilty to tax crimes during a Thursday arraignment in New York City.
Still, a Trump aide claims that this has “emboldened” the twice-impeached one-term president so much so that he might run in 2024 for the GOP nomination, according to Politico. And Trump is still consumed with the election he lost to Joe Biden in both the electoral and popular vote nearly eight months ago.
“Aides said that Trump’s interest in the Manhattan D.A.’s case pales in comparison to his obsession with the idea that he could still prove to be the winner of the 2020 election,” the outlet reports.
“The former president was on a conference call with his advisers Monday discussing his favorite topic — revenge — when he was interrupted with an update on the Manhattan D.A.’s investigation,” the report continues. “He would not be personally indicted, Trump was told — only Weisselberg and the Trump Organization would be. Trump was thrilled by what he saw as light charges, and according to one of the advisers on the call, his mind raced to 2024.”
“Just wait until 2024, you’ll see,” Trump said. The former president implied that the legal case would be seen as a political witch hunt that would backfire on Democrats. “This is going to hurt Sleepy Joe.”
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‘The adviser had the impression that Trump, who was already coming off a high from the large crowd at his rally in Ohio last weekend, was emboldened by the news. “Now he’s definitely going to run for president” again, the person said,’ the report adds.
The adviser told the outlet that the former president “is holding out hope that if the Arizona “audit”/fishing expedition ends up in his favor, a few other states will follow suit, triggering some sort of legal process that would make him president.”
Well, he didn’t sound “emboldened” in his new statement. I’d say he sounded more panicked than anything else. “The political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left Democrats, with New York now taking over the assignment, continues,” Trump said on Thursday afternoon. “It is dividing our Country like never before!”
This should shake up the former president:
There are references to an “Unindicted Co-conspirator #1.”
On or before April 5, 2010, the Trump Corporation, acting through its agent, Unindicted Co-conspirator #1, underreported Allen Weisselberg’s taxable income for the tax year 2009. https://t.co/xjEsLlFgr5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 1, 2021
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