Donald Trump announced his appearance Thursday in Atlanta, ushering in a new legal and media sequence that could dwarf Wednesday night’s first debate between his Republican rivals.
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Surrounded by investigations, the former Republican president is expected in the US state of Georgia, where he will soon face trial along with 18 co-defendants for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in this key southeastern state.
As with each of his indictments, the announcement of this new twist came Monday night from the concerned director on his Truth social network: “I will be traveling to Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a far-left prosecutor,” he wrote.
Trump’s rivals in the shadows
Hours earlier, his lawyers had agreed to post bail of $200,000 so he could not be remanded in custody unless he had broken a law.
In practice, therefore, Mr. Trump will be formally arrested while remaining at liberty, and that American state’s authorities should take his mugshot, a photo that may have infamous effect on the candidate.
Another move that Donald Trump commented on with bitter irony:
“I guess they thought I would probably flee – and then I would fly away, maybe to Russia, where I would share a golden suite with Vladimir and never be seen again. Never again,” he said during the night from Monday to Tuesday.
This legal saga, extensively analyzed and commented on by the entire American press, once again puts the spotlight on the billionaire candidate for the White House and not his rivals.
Starting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis or former Vice President Mike Pence, who hoped to use the first debate between Republican candidates to restart their campaign.
But even that show, which took place on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Wisconsin and which aimed to snub Donald Trump, is in danger of being sidelined.
Donald Trump boasts daily that he has a lead over the rest of the candidates for the Republican nomination — a gap that has only widened since his initial indictment in the spring, which was captured by television networks around the world.
Far from harming the former president, his legal setbacks are currently raising millions of dollars in donations from his supporters, who, like him, claim the former real estate tycoon is the victim of a “witch hunt”.
The winner of the Republican primary will face the Democratic nominee, most likely Joe Biden, on November 5, 2024.
The American president, a candidate for re-election, is careful not to comment on Donald Trump’s legal problems so as not to fuel his allegations of instrumentalization of the judiciary.
This does not prevent the head of state from accelerating the pace of his election campaign and flooding the country with campaign ads touting the merits of his economic policies. cost of this operation? The incredible amount of $25 million.