Former US President Donald Trump, who has been indicted on 34 counts of accounting fraud, says the legal process against him is an “insult to our country”. – I never thought something like this could happen in America. Former US President Donald Trump had a busy Tuesday, starting with his indictment in a New York court on 34 counts of accounting violations. Immediately after the court proceedings were concluded, Trump headed to La Guardia Airport and took his campaign plane home to Mar-de-Lago in Florida. At 2:30 a.m. Swedish time, the 79-year-old Trump met several hundred supporters, donors and political allies who were invited to the ex-president’s beachfront residence in South Florida. From a stage festooned with American flags, Trump told the guests that “radical left” prosecutors around the country are out to bring him down at any cost. Trump said, as he did in court in New York earlier in the day, that he pleaded not guilty to any of the crimes he is charged with. – The only crime I have committed is to fearlessly defend our country from those who want to destroy it, said Donald Trump. In the speech, which was a mix of commentary on the indictment and presidential election campaign, the former president listed several other ongoing investigations against him. He also spoke about the high inflation and crime statistics and other political themes. The Ukraine war and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as well as political movements globally were also mentioned. Donald Trump also stated that “our country is going to hell”. – We are going to make America great again, the former president concluded his barely 30-minute long speech. In the player at the top of the article: Watch parts of Trump’s speech last night
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Trump’s anger tonight: “The only crime I committed was defending our country”
