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winetourdriver01

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Tue Mar 7, 2023, 04:49 AM Mar 2023

How Trump tried to intimidate prosecutors with his vengeful CPAC speech

During the 2023 CPAC event, former President Donald Trump delivered a speech that many critics have called "vengeful" and a "bad Batman" speech. Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes, however, thinks that the address was an attempt to intimidate prosecutors that are wiping their feet on the welcome mat of an indictment.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Monday, legal analyst Harry Litman listed off the Fulton County case, the federal grand jury over the classified documents scandal, the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, the Manhattan DA case about the hush-money payments, New York Attorney General Letitia James' case, as well as a personal civil suit from E. Jean Carroll for defamation.

This is the reason Sykes believes that Trump's speech was so angry and fierce.

Read more:

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trying-to-intimidate-prosecutors/

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How Trump tried to intimidate prosecutors with his vengeful CPAC speech (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP
More threats malaise Mar 2023 #1
25 months and counting republianmushroom Mar 2023 #2
Lock him up! James48 Mar 2023 #3
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