Donald Trump is claiming the Department of Justice “concocted” charges against him to derail his 2024 presidential campaign. “Look, it’s not my fault that my political opponent in the Democrat Party, Crooked Joe Biden, has told his Attorney General to charge the leading (by far!) Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2023. AdvertisementSpecial counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday announced the Department of Justice’s second indictment against Trump — the third batch of criminal charges brought against the former president this year. The latest indictment accuses Trump of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and telling ceaseless lies that led to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Source: Huffington Post August 03, 2023 23:42 UTC