Trump supporters outdoors court docket
Trump suggested moving the case to Staten Island
Fears of riots and riots gripped Manhattan as protesters gathered outdoors the courthouse chanting in help of the previous US president.
In his first public look on Fact Social shortly earlier than the court docket ruling, the previous US president commented that the district the place the trial is being held is the district the place 1% of Republicans voted.
Referring to the Judiciary, he spoke of it being “very partisan” and of people that “hate Trump”.
Hours earlier than he was attributable to seem in a Manhattan court docket, the previous president prompt that the trial be moved to a different location.
In his put up on Fact Social, Trump particularly prompt shifting the case to close by Staten Island, a “very fair and safe location” that’s friendlier to the Republican Get together. He additionally launched a scathing assault on the “judge and his family” who “hate Trump”, commenting that his daughter labored on the marketing campaign of present Vice President Kamala Harris. “A mock trial,” the put up concludes.
A handful of Trump supporters and critics had gathered outdoors the Manhattan courthouse, awaiting his arraignment amid tight safety. In a video posted on Twitter by a BuzzFeed reporter, two Trump supporters – one in every of them wrapped in an American flag – will be seen arguing with a 3rd over a big, black banner that learn “Trump Lies All the Time.” The combat stopped with the intervention of the police.
“Today is the day a governing political party ARRESTS their primary opponent without committing ANY CRIME,” Trump wrote in an electronic mail to supporters this morning.
