In remarks to supporters at Mar-a-Lago following his arraignment in NYC last night, former President Trump railed against President Biden’s record.
Speaking at Mar-a-Lago, his personal residence and private club in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump went on an extended tirade against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office indicted Trump last week in a case involving hush money payments to a porn star to cover up an alleged extramarital affair.
The former president maintained his innocence, saying he never did anything illegal and that the charges against him should never have been brought. He also attacked the judge presiding over the case, Justice Juan Merchan, calling him a “Trump-hating judge.”
“You want to get President Trump at any cost,” Trump said. “As it turns out, everyone who has looked at this case … says there is no crime and it should never have been brought. Never have been brought.”
“It’s an insult to our country,” he added, “and the world is already laughing at us.”
In particular, he attacked special counsel Jack Smith, who’s investigating his efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, accusing Smith of “threatening” his allies with jail time in order to force them to cooperate with his inquiry.
“We have this Jack Smith lunatic threatening people every single day through his representatives,” Trump said. “They’re threatening jail terms. But talk about Trump and you’ll go free.”
“That’s the country in which we live in, however, right now.”
