NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump believes the legal system is unfair for preventing him from contesting the 2020 presidential election results. He accused the investigative authorities of being bias and targeting certain members of the Republican Party.
Speaking from Mar-a-Lago after his hearing in New York on the evening of 4 April, Trump accused US Court of Justice Alvin Bragg of “Trump-hating”. He then accused the FBI and Department of Justice of “relentlessly pursuing Republicans.”
He complained that the siege and raid of his home in Mar-a-Lago were arbitrary, since Joe Biden’s documents were not sought by the FBI. He also returned to the rhetoric that helped him win in 2016, citing Hilary Clinton’s deleted Benghazi emails. He went on to urge the FBI to redirect their focus and investigate President Joe Biden and Hilary Clinton.
The former president then compared the legal system in the United States to that of the Soviet Union, which used the legal system to block its allies when it realized it could not win the election.
His speech then turned towards the collapse of America’s world power status in the face of international coalitions, saying, “Russia has joined with China; Saudi Arabia has joined with Iran; China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have formed together as a menacing and destructive coalition.”
"It is unbelievable that now we are a failed country," said the leader who left office 2 years ago. "We are a declining nation."
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts, which include falsifying business documents to secretly pay $130,000 to Stormy Daniels to prevent her from publicly discussing their relationship.
In the United States, paying someone hush money is not necessarily illegal, however, the court's jury found that Trump had falsified company documents with the intent to defraud and commit further crimes, which is a felony offence. The indictment also accuses him of tax evasion and campaign finance violations via the falsified documents.
This is not the only case Trump is facing. Other cases under investigation include his role in inciting the 6 January 2021 insurrection at the Capitol, the theft of classified documents found at his home in Mar-a-Lago, and an attempt to fabricate election results in Georgia: any of which could affect his bid for president in 2024. It should be noted, however, that even if convicted, there is no US law that prevents felons from running for president.
