On Capitol riot allegations, Trump anticipates being arrested

Recently, the former US president received a summons to appear before the grand jury investigation on January 6

In a post on Truth Social on Monday, former US President Donald Trump stated that he believes he would be charged with a crime and taken into custody in connection with the Capitol incident on January 6, citing a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith.

The leading Republican candidate for president in 2024 was given four days to appear before the grand jury on January 6, “which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,” according to Trump, who described the circumstance as unprecedented.

“Nothing such to this has ever occurred in our country, not even close…THIS WITCH HUNT IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT!” The former president bemoaned.

Following the 2020 election, he defended his actions, saying, “I have the right to protest an Election that I am fully convinced was Rigged and Stolen,” just as his opponents had done in 2016 during the Russiagate controversy.

In a “major speech,” Trump called for the federal government to seize control of Washington, DC, and claimed the Biden administration believes “a DC jury will do whatever they want.” Trump then inferred a connection between the timing of the anticipated indictment and that “major speech” and the anticipated indictment.

Although the specific allegations against Trump are unknown, the New York Times has conjectured they may involve mutiny, hindering an official investigation, and conspiring to defraud the government. However, no one has yet been charged with the latter crime in the several prosecutions connected to January 6.

In addition, Trump alluded to the prospect that he could face charges in Georgia for his post-election phone chat with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he pleaded with the official to “find” him enough votes to win the state. The grand jury has not yet decided whether to indict the former president, despite the fact that it released its final report earlier this year.

In March, when he was charged in New York with 34 counts relating to the alleged payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump became the first former US head of state to be legally accused. In connection with the suspected handling of secret data that the FBI allegedly found during a contentious raid on his Mar-a-Lago home last year, he was federally indicted in May on 37 felony counts.

The former reality TV star has steadfastly defended his innocence, dismissing his mounting legal issues as a cunning plan to prevent him from retaking the White House at a time when he is vastly outperforming his rivals in the polls. Some analysts have speculated that the special counsel would use the mountain of charges as justification to demand pre-trial custody because some of the counts carry sentences of up to 20 years in jail.