Former President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone Saturday in his first public appearance since being indicted on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents, calling the prosecution by the Biden Justice Department a dangerous abuse of power to...
Mr. Trump told an audience at the Georgia Republican Party convention that the indictment against him is politically motivated and that President Biden had a hand in the decision to go after him.
“He said ‘let’s try and arrest a president that served before him and had an unbelievable success record,” Mr. Trump said. “It’s no coincidence they indicted me the very same day that it was revealed the FBI had hidden explosive evidence [alleging] that Joe Biden took a $5 million illegal bribe from Ukraine.”The former president also offered a glimpse of his agenda for a second term. He said he would carry out the largest deportation operation of illegal migrants in U.S.
Mr. Trump claimed the indictment over classified documents was driven by recent polls showing him beating President Biden in a potential head-to-head 2024 matchup. The former president is accused of taking classified documents from the White House after he left office in 2021 and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The indictment alleges, that Mr. Trump kept classified documents in unsecured areas including a ballroom and a shower area at Mar-a-Lago.
Mr. Trump contrasted his indictment for retaining classified documents to Mr. Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, another GOP 2024 candidate. Mr. Pence and Mr. Biden disclosed that they also retained classified documents, but turned them over promptly to the National Archives once made aware.Referring to classified documents found at Mr. Biden’s former think-tank office and his home in Delaware, Mr.
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