Former US President Donald Trump, on Friday, affirmed his determination to continue vying for the White House, even in the face of possible convictions and sentences resulting from the ongoing criminal investigations that could derail his comeback endeavor.
While pushing forward with his quest for a second term, the leading Republican candidate discussed the multiple indictments he is up against. Notably, prosecutors broadened the charges against him, specifically concerning his handling of classified government documents, just the day before.
when asked by radio host John Fredericks if being sentenced would quell his campaign, Trump quickly replied: ‘Not at all. There’s nothing in the Constitution to say that it could.’
‘And even the radical left crazies are saying not at all, that wouldn’t stop (me) — and it wouldn’t stop me, either,’ the 77-year-old added. ‘These people are sick. What they are doing is absolutely horrible.’
Having been impeached on two occasions, the former president encountered his first indictment in the classified documents case last month.
The charges brought against him specifically accuse him of jeopardizing national security by keeping top-secret nuclear and defense information even after he left the White House.
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On Thursday, the Justice Department expanded its already extensive list of charges against Trump, bringing the total count to more than three dozen. In May, a jury in a civil trial had previously found him guilty of raping a writer in Manhattan during the 1990s.
Additionally, Trump is under scrutiny for dozens of felony charges connected to hush money payments made to a porn star in New York.
Also, he is anticipating indictment in both state and federal investigations centered around his endeavors to overturn the 2020 election.
Thursday marked a major turning point in the documents probe, with Special Counsel Jack Smith making serious allegations against Trump. As Trump is slated to go on trial in March and May next year, during the peak of the campaign, he is accused of instructing a worker at his Florida beachfront estate to delete surveillance footage, an act potentially aimed at dampening investigators.
Trump, who staunchly denies any wrongdoing, is also charged with illegally retaining national defense information. This charge stems from an alleged incident where he is accused of showing a document to journalists at his New Jersey golf club.
He also called for Smith ‘and his Thug Prosecutors’ to be jailed alongside Attorney General Merrick Garland.