Days after instructing his supporters to “PROTEST” and “TAKE OUR NATION BACK,” Donald Trump warned in a series of extremely disturbing social media posts that “death and destruction” could come down upon the United States should he be criminally indicted by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Early Friday morning, in a clear reference to Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, the ex-president wrote, “What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country? Why & who would do such a thing? Only a degenerate psychopath that truely [sic] hates the USA!”
Hours earlier, in an even more pointed post, he raged, “Isn’t it terrible that D.A. Bragg refuses to do the right thing and ‘call it a day?’ He would rather indict an innocent man and create years of hatred, chaos, and turmoil, than give him his well deserved ‘freedom.’ The whole Country sees what is going on, and they’re not going to take it anymore. They’ve had enough! There was no Error made, No Misdemeanor, No Crime and, above all, NO CASE. They spied on my campaign, Rigged the Election, falsely Impeached, cheated and lied. They are HUMAN SCUM!”
Elsewhere, Trump posted a link to a story that included an image of him brandishing a baseball bat next to a photo of Bragg’s face.
Bragg is said to be weighing charges against Trump related to the 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. The New York Times reported on Friday that “although there have been several signals that Mr. Bragg’s office is close to an indictment, the exact timing of any charges remains unknown.” Over the weekend, Bragg told employees, “Our law enforcement partners will ensure that any specific or credible threats against the office will be fully investigated and that the proper safeguards are in place so all 1,600 of us have a secure work environment.”
While Trump’s rants would be disturbing enough on their own, they’re obviously even more concerning in light of the events that took place on January 6, 2021, in which Trump told his followers, shortly before the deadly attack on the Capitol, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” As DC watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wrote on Twitter, “Trump got his supporters to attack the government once. He’s making it clear that if he’s arrested, he’s going to try to do it again.”
Meanwhile, here’s how House Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan responded to all that:
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