As you’ve probably heard, Donald Trump flew to New York yesterday and is scheduled to surrender to authorities in Manhattan this afternoon. As part of the process, the former president is expected to be fingerprinted and then arraigned in court at 2:15 p.m. eastern. While the precise details of his indictment have not yet been confirmed, they will almost certainly be unsealed as part of today’s process.
The Republican has already announced plans to return to Mar-a-Lago following the legal proceedings, and he’ll apparently deliver some kind of speech tonight at his glorified country club.
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But those wondering what the former president is thinking about these extraordinary circumstances won’t have to wait until tonight’s remarks. On the contrary, Trump continues to publish to his social media platform — and continues to take aim at those trying to hold him accountable.
In recent days, he’s focused a fair amount of energy whining about Judge Juan Merchan, who is expected to preside over the former president’s arraignment, but as NBC News noted, Trump also hasn’t given up targeting the prosecutor in the case.
Trump on Monday night called for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to “INDICT HIMSELF” after claiming he leaked information about the indictment against the former president, apparently referring to new reporting on some of the details of the charging document.
“Wow! District Attorney Bragg just illegally LEAKED the various points, and complete information, on the pathetic Indictment against me. I know the reporter and so, unfortunately, does he,” Trump wrote last night. “This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED. Now, if he wants to really clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing and, as District Attorney, INDICT HIMSELF. He will go down in Judicial history, and his…
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