Trump faces another arrest: this is the third in the last six months

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, said his lawyers told him that he was the subject of an investigation into the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots and that he was ready to be "arrested and charged." This is the third time Trump has been arrested. The edition told in more detail New York Post.

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Trump, 77, is leading the charge for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He condemned the allegations and called the entire process a "witch hunt" and "election interference".

“Sunday night, while I was with my family, having just arrived from a Turning Point event in Florida, where I won the poll against all other Republican candidates with 85,7%, my lawyers gave me terrible news for our country.” Trump wrote.

"Crazy Jack Smith, Joe Biden's Justice Department Attorney, sent a letter saying I was the target of the investigation into the January 6th riot and gave me 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means arrest and indictment," he added. Trump.

Trump added, “So now Joe Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland, whom I denied in the U.S. Supreme Court, along with the Joe Biden Department, have effectively filed a third indictment and arrested Joe Biden’s number 1 political opponent, who pretty much dominates him in the race. for the presidency. There has never been anything like it in our country, and there was not even close.”

It's unclear exactly what Trump will be charged with in connection with the events of January 6 - although he will face a hostile jury pool if he is indicted in the District of Columbia, where he received just 5,4% of the vote in 2020 to 92,15 % vote for Biden.

Trump told thousands of supporters who gathered outside the White House on the day of the riots that he wants them to march through Congress to protest and help undo his loss.

Trump also urged Vice President Mike Pence to try to unilaterally reject the election results from the swing state, which Pence refused to do.

A wild mob of Trump supporters entered into battle with the police, broke into the Capitol and looted the building. Three participants have died, and Ashley Babbitt, 36, was fatally shot by a police officer as she climbed out through a broken interior window.

On the subject: Trump faces up to 400 years in prison over classified documents

Capitol police officer Brian Siknick died of a stroke the next day, and at least four police officers and three rioters involved in the clashes committed suicide.

Trump often emphasizes that he told the crowd to march "peacefully and patriotically," but his critics point out that he also told them to "fight like hell" and remained silent during the early hours of the riots.

The Justice Department says it has arrested 1069 alleged rioters and many have been sentenced to prison for crimes including assaulting police.

First two arrests

Trump has been arrested twice so far - first in New York on April 4 on the basis of a case of falsification of business documents. Trump is under investigation for a $130 payment he made shortly before the 000 election to silence star Stormy Daniels about an affair. Trump denied wrongdoing, and federal investigators dropped their investigation into the payments in 2016.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, says he and Trump had an affair during the famous 2006 golf tournament. As Trump's campaign for the presidency gained momentum, the actress offered to sell her story to secular magazines. In October, the National Enquirer, a longtime Trump-friendly outlet, warned Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Cohen negotiated with Daniels to pay her $130 in exchange for keeping the story a secret. Her lawyer received the money from Cohen on October 000, less than two weeks before the election.

When Trump was elected president, Cohen was reimbursed a total of $420 in taxes and other expenses. Some of the compensation checks were signed by Trump himself, who admitted to giving Cohen back the money paid to Daniels. He denied having an affair.

According to court records, top Trump Organization officials defined the refund as "legal fees."

Now Grand jury examines whether Trump committed a felony under New York State law: forged business documents to cover up another crime, such as violating campaign finance laws with silence money. He was charged with 34 counts, including falsification of business documents and fraud.

Protest outside a New York courthouse on the day of Trump's arrest. Photo: Lidia Kalinina

And then he was arrested in Miami in June on charges of mishandling classified records.

Trump pleaded not guilty in Miami June 13 on 37 charges of improper handling of classified information. He became the first president in US history to face criminal charges at the federal level.

Trump has been accused of illegally storing dozens of sensitive national security documents on his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida since he left office in 2021. He later refused to return them and colluded to interfere with the investigation and seizure of the documents.

He is also accused of sharing confidential US secrets with people who did not have security clearances.

The materials he kept at his home included the nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the US and foreign governments, according to the indictment.

What will happen next

Trump may face a fourth criminal prosecution on charges in the state of Georgia. Authorities are investigating his attempt to overturn Biden's victory, which garnered roughly 12 votes in the state.

The unprecedented criminal charges haven't hurt Trump's status as the GOP front-runner — the RealClearPolitics poll average now shows him 33,5 percentage points ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Trump's campaign says it raised $10 million within five days of being charged in New York and another $6,6 million within six days of allegations of mishandling classified documents.

Trump and Biden, in fact, have the same average number of popular votes in the country, which will likely mean a Republican victory in the Electoral College.

Trump allies accuse prosecutors of being biased against him while showing much more respect for Biden and his family.

Hunter Biden case

Two IRS whistleblowers who investigated President Biden's son Hunter Biden for tax fraud and related crimes are due to testify before the House Oversight Committee about the alleged cover-up in the case.

The oversight committee is also investigating a claim by an FBI informant that a Ukrainian businessman paid $5 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden during Barack Obama's presidency. Republicans want to know what the FBI did to investigate this allegation.

Hunter Biden is due to appear in court next week for the first time since he agreed to plead guilty last month to two charges of tax fraud and felony firearms, which will be dropped after he passes probation.

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IRS whistleblowers said Hunter was allowed to play time on serious tax charges related to millions in foreign income earned when his father was vice president. Critics point out that he also managed to avoid charges of potential money laundering and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

One whistleblower, IRS oversight agent Gary Shapley, alleges that a Justice Department prosecutor tried to prevent tax investigators from considering Joe Biden's potential role in his son's dealings in countries such as China and Ukraine, despite reports that describe Biden Sr. as involved.

Special Counsel, Robert Huhr, is investigating President Biden's improper storage of classified documents from his vice presidency and Senate years, after the records were discovered in November and earlier this year in his pre-D.C. office and at his home in Delaware, including in his Wilmington garage next to his Corvette.

There are few media leaks in Khur's investigation, and the lack of obvious investigative steps has attracted the attention of lawyers. George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley wrote that "it would be encouraging to see some evidence of progress in the investigation."

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