Former US president Donald Trump issued a dire warning about possible "death & destruction" if he faces criminal charges in connection to a $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
The early Friday post on Trump's Truth Social site was the most recent in a spate of verbal attacks directed at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as he faces a potential indictment from Bragg's office related to the payment.
"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?" Trump wrote.
Trump has hinted at the possibility of political unrest and violence several times in the last few days. He also falsely predicted over the weekend that he would be arrested on Tuesday in connection to the Stormy Daniels investigation.
Trump had described the payment to the adult film actress a "simple private transaction" and denied ever having an affair with Daniels. He has argued that he did not break any laws and claimed that the probe was politically motivated.
The early Friday post on Trump's Truth Social site was the most recent in a spate of verbal attacks directed at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as he faces a potential indictment from Bragg's office related to the payment.
"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?" Trump wrote.
Trump has hinted at the possibility of political unrest and violence several times in the last few days. He also falsely predicted over the weekend that he would be arrested on Tuesday in connection to the Stormy Daniels investigation.
Trump had described the payment to the adult film actress a "simple private transaction" and denied ever having an affair with Daniels. He has argued that he did not break any laws and claimed that the probe was politically motivated.
