Posted on 07/20/2023 2:53:48 PM PDT by Reno89519
Ex-President Donald Trump threatened it would be “very dangerous” if he were jailed over the new charges he’s likely facing, citing the “passion” of his fan base.
Trump completely hijacked the news cycle when he announced Tuesday that he’s about to be indicted in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s conduct surrounding the 2020 election leading up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Since that all-caps-festooned announcement, Trump has ranted about the charges in various public forums, and it did not take long for him to raise the specter of violence that his supporters resorted to after he incited them on January 6. Trump gave an interview with Iowa’s The Simon Conway Show on Tuesday following the news, and spoke to host Doug Wagner filling in for Simon Conway. Wagner brought up the prospect of Trump being jailed prior to his trial, and asked Trump what his message to fans would be:
DOUG WAGNER: Is it something that concerns you of the people making sure that they don’t go out of their right mind if something like that happens, if that, for example, they do say — Jack Smith says, OK, I’m going to put Donald Trump in jail?
DONALD TRUMP: I think it’s a very dangerous thing to even talk about, because we do have a tremendously passionate group of voters, much more passion than they had in 2020 and much more passion than they had in 2016. I think it would be very dangerous.
Trump has made similar and at times more direct comments in the past under nearly identical circumstances.
Trump whipped up a frenzy on the eve of his indictment and arrest in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation around hush money payments to Stormy Daniels — the stage name of Stephanie Clifford — by telling supporters he expected to be arrested and urging them to “PROTEST” and “TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
After several escalations, Trump upped the ante yet again in a late-night social media post by warning of “death & destruction” if he were charged. Violence did not ensue in that case.
You’re making a mistake thinking this is about Trump the person. You’re in good company though.
Good to know where you stand.
You’re on the other side, aren’t you?
Are OK with the endless witch hunts and ACTUAL ATTEMPTS TO FRAME HIM by the government?
This guy is a big RDS supporter. He’s as bad as a dem.
Trumps term was from Jan 20, 2017 to Jan. 20, 2021 8:30 am he left the White House.
See below from the Justice department dates of arrests…
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
Who is your LSD supplier, and how much does he charge?
I must have missed him preemptively pardoning everyone involved, or offering to pay for their legal expenses, or organizing protests at their detainment, etc.
but he was a Trump guy until a few weeks ago.....?
The greater danger is how the justice system is being used on bogus issues their use of it could be the end of it.
That appears to be the agenda
Stalin would be proud
the democrat playbook on trump is being played out all over south america
He can’t. A jury could.
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Was it a jury that that tossed all the J6’ers into the DC Gulag?
More likely he’ll get hit with a gag order and travel ban to prevent him from campaigning. Which would only boost his numbers and drive more libs insane.
No. Judge’s can hold people in custody without bail, not strange.
Most January 6th defendants were given bail. Some of those accused of violence, were not.
They’re going to use that to blame any unruliness on him.
Sorry, it is sad, but no one should have entered the Capitol Building. He never directed them to do so.
Everyone you know is a law abiding citizen, show me the man and I will show you the crime. I think you delude yourself with these animals currently running our republic into the ground. You needs sum edumication like’
No he wasn’t. 🙂
Certainly won’t help him in his other trials ...
“He’s not saying anything inaccurate.”
Stupid to threaten before a trial on same.
I think he’s one of them space aliens.
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