Donald Trump made headlines in America. Expectation focuses on appearances This Friday he has to answer for the reading of the indictment before a judge in Washington after the new court indictment, which faces him with imprisonment. The former president is due to appear in federal court for the District of Columbia after being charged with conspiracy to defraud the country by attempting to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election. This was announced by special counsel Jack Smith, who is responsible for the investigation will attempt to conduct a process quickly and without delay.
In this indictment, the White House’s response remains cautious. President Joe Biden, who has just started his summer vacation in Delaware, He didn’t rule on this new legal mess by Trump. The strategy of silence makes sense Anything the Biden-Harris campaign says can be used in the “Manipulating and Politicizing the Judiciary” narrative with which Trump supporters and his own campaign want to counter their defense against the Justice Department, which they accuse of serving the Democrats. On the other hand, the White House is attempting a kind of controlled self-explosion of Trumpism. In fact, an administration source, who preferred not to be named, said so CBS NEWS They didn’t comment because the case was a “dependency of the judicial system,” he said.
The Democratic Party, on the other hand, had a lot to say. Lawmakers reacted with unusual intensity to this third accusation against Trump. On this occasion, the January 6, 2021 violence directly affected her, so the case was interpreted more personally in the country. Majority Leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) called the latest allegation in a joint statement “the most serious and transcendental so far”. The politicians claimed that January 6 was “one of the saddest and most shameful days in American history, personally orchestrated by Donald Trump” and that impeachment will serve as a stark reminder to generations of Americans that no one, not even a President of the United States, you are above the law. This statement stands in stark contrast to the brief statements made by both leaders in response to the first two charges against Trump, which concerned the integrity of the judicial process.
Another vigorous response was offered by the representative Annie Kuster (D-New Hampshire), who stated, “As a victim and witness of the violent January 6 riot…I recognize the importance of justice and accountability for these crimes to the well-being of our country,” said . Sexton he had to hide in an art gallery Congress during the violent events.
The representative in turn Adam Schiff (D-California), a former member of the Jan. 6 committee, said the trial will “test our democracy” and continued to question whether the rule of law is strong enough to win the fight against a presidential candidate .
The truth is that while more Democrats have publicly celebrated this charge than others, For many, the fear remains that these cases will further strengthen Trump They face the battle for the White House in 2024.
Analysts agree that it will be strengthened at a first level in the primaries, but another story could be in the general election, where must appeal to center voters who voted their favor to President Joe Biden in 2020, among other things in the rejection of the figure Trump. In fact, just 15 minutes after the impeachment was announced, Trump began sending out impeachment donation emails.
His team called the allegation “the latest corrupt chapter in interfering in the 2024 presidential election,” they said. The campaign also called these new allegations part of the “anti-American witch hunt,” adding that “the lawlessness of this persecution by President Trump and his supporters is reminiscent of Nazi Germany.”
The latecomer in the Republican nomination race chimed in on that series of allegations Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida. This Trump rival, whom the former president overruled by 20 points, said if he won the presidency, “I will end the militarization of government, replace the Director of the FBI, and guarantee a uniform standard of justice for all Americans.” he tweeted. In the same trill, DeSantis He admits he didn’t read the indictment.
The whirlwind of lawsuits that Trump expects this year and next is likely to be a factor his defense will use to back the alleged election interference argument in the face of the presidential election.