Umair Jalali casts a glance at an unusual phenomenon of You too Trump
It was believed that You too Trump is essentially a prototype of a populist leader but that he will linger on so long has surprised even his detractors. Despite his negative record as an opportunity politician he appears to have a grip on the Republican Party. More significantly he has maintained support of a wide range of conservative Americans and is expected to contest presidential election again. In the meanwhile his conduct before and during his stint in the presidency has placed him in plenty of difficulties and the situation has come to a pass that Trump may find difficult to extract from. In the wake of such prospects he expects to be arrested over hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, calling on his supporters to protest.
With signs mounting that prosecutors are moving closer to indicting Trump, the 76-year-old billionaire took to his Truth Social platform saying that the leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States of America will be arrested next week. He exhorted his supporters to protest and take the nation back. Trump chose to use his own social media platform to make the announcement, despite being reinstated on Facebook and YouTube, more than two years after he was banned over the US Capitol riots. The indictment would make Trump the first former US president to be charged with a crime and would send political shock waves as he tries to secure the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. His supporters including Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reacted with fury, accusing New York prosecutors of pursuing political vengeance against Trump and saying that he would launch a congressional probe of the matter.
The cause of all this rumpus is an investigation led by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, centres on $130,000 paid weeks before the 2016 polls to stop Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, from going public about an affair she says she had with Trump years earlier. Trump’s lawyer told that his client would surrender to face criminal charges if he was indicted. Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and has dismissed the investigation as politically motivated. Trump has stuck to his guns and has referred to illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office and said that the investigation was fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors as fairytale. Hours later after this Trump doubled down in another all-caps post, assailing his successor as crooked and urging his followers to protest.
A grand jury in New York, a citizen panel that examines the evidence presented by prosecutors to decide if a charge is warranted has been hearing from witnesses in Trump’s case. Jurors heard from Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who made the payment to Daniels. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 on federal charges related to the payment. He pleaded guilty but said he had been carrying out Trump’s orders. Daniels herself met with prosecutors and agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry if needed as her lawyers pointed out. Trump has also received an invitation to testify which legal experts say is a sign that an indictment is near. The payment to Daniels, if not properly accounted for, could result in a misdemeanour charge related to falsifying business records. That might be raised to a felony if the false accounting was intended to cover up a second crime, such as a campaign finance violation.
Trump is facing several criminal probes at the state and federal level over possible wrongdoing before, during, and after his term in office that threaten his new run at the White House. In Georgia, a prosecutor is investigating Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state. The grand jury, in that case, has recommended multiple indictments, the forewoman revealed last month. The former president is also the subject of a federal probe into his handling of classified documents as well as his possible involvement on the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol. Facebook and YouTube, where Trump has millions of followers, benched him days after the attack arguing that his posts incited unrest.
Some observers believe an indictment bodes ill for Trump’s 2024 chances while others speculate that it could on the contrary serve as a huge boost. It is pointed out by many that the arrest will secure the nomination for Donald Trump as his base will rally politically and possibly physically. Tech billionaire Elon Musk who has increasingly aligned with Republican positions and overturned the Twitter ban on Trump in the name of free speech, went even further by stating that if his arrest happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory. TW
You too Trump
ByUmair Ali
Trainee lawyer
Dated
March 26, 2023
Umair Jalali casts a glance at an unusual phenomenon of You too Trump
It was believed that You too Trump is essentially a prototype of a populist leader but that he will linger on so long has surprised even his detractors. Despite his negative record as an opportunity politician he appears to have a grip on the Republican Party. More significantly he has maintained support of a wide range of conservative Americans and is expected to contest presidential election again. In the meanwhile his conduct before and during his stint in the presidency has placed him in plenty of difficulties and the situation has come to a pass that Trump may find difficult to extract from. In the wake of such prospects he expects to be arrested over hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, calling on his supporters to protest.
With signs mounting that prosecutors are moving closer to indicting Trump, the 76-year-old billionaire took to his Truth Social platform saying that the leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States of America will be arrested next week. He exhorted his supporters to protest and take the nation back. Trump chose to use his own social media platform to make the announcement, despite being reinstated on Facebook and YouTube, more than two years after he was banned over the US Capitol riots. The indictment would make Trump the first former US president to be charged with a crime and would send political shock waves as he tries to secure the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. His supporters including Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reacted with fury, accusing New York prosecutors of pursuing political vengeance against Trump and saying that he would launch a congressional probe of the matter.
The cause of all this rumpus is an investigation led by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, centres on $130,000 paid weeks before the 2016 polls to stop Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, from going public about an affair she says she had with Trump years earlier. Trump’s lawyer told that his client would surrender to face criminal charges if he was indicted. Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and has dismissed the investigation as politically motivated. Trump has stuck to his guns and has referred to illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office and said that the investigation was fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors as fairytale. Hours later after this Trump doubled down in another all-caps post, assailing his successor as crooked and urging his followers to protest.
A grand jury in New York, a citizen panel that examines the evidence presented by prosecutors to decide if a charge is warranted has been hearing from witnesses in Trump’s case. Jurors heard from Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who made the payment to Daniels. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 on federal charges related to the payment. He pleaded guilty but said he had been carrying out Trump’s orders. Daniels herself met with prosecutors and agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry if needed as her lawyers pointed out. Trump has also received an invitation to testify which legal experts say is a sign that an indictment is near. The payment to Daniels, if not properly accounted for, could result in a misdemeanour charge related to falsifying business records. That might be raised to a felony if the false accounting was intended to cover up a second crime, such as a campaign finance violation.
Trump is facing several criminal probes at the state and federal level over possible wrongdoing before, during, and after his term in office that threaten his new run at the White House. In Georgia, a prosecutor is investigating Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state. The grand jury, in that case, has recommended multiple indictments, the forewoman revealed last month. The former president is also the subject of a federal probe into his handling of classified documents as well as his possible involvement on the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol. Facebook and YouTube, where Trump has millions of followers, benched him days after the attack arguing that his posts incited unrest.
Some observers believe an indictment bodes ill for Trump’s 2024 chances while others speculate that it could on the contrary serve as a huge boost. It is pointed out by many that the arrest will secure the nomination for Donald Trump as his base will rally politically and possibly physically. Tech billionaire Elon Musk who has increasingly aligned with Republican positions and overturned the Twitter ban on Trump in the name of free speech, went even further by stating that if his arrest happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory. TW
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