In a post on Truth Social, ex-President Donald Trump declared that he expects to be arrested this Tuesday, in a long-awaited culmination to the prolonged inquiry into hush money paid to adult movie star Stormy Daniels.
On March 18 at 7.26 am, Trump posted on Truth Social, “NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
However, not everyone is convinced this is true or that he will really be arrested.
On a Reddit mega-thread that discussed the post, there were over 10k comments and 52 thousand upvotes. Many said the same thing: this is another Trump Stunt.
He Wants a Riot
One person posted, “He only brought it up because he wants riots,” and another added, “I don’t think the arrest part is 100% true, probably using it to grift the MAGA base into donating money.”
This Is a Boon for Trump
One person wrote, “People on the right are saying this would be a boon to Trump (see Elon Musk’s typical right wing commentary). I don’t give a f*** if it is or not. No one can be above the law. THEY are the ones creating a no win situation, whereby they’ve elevated basically the most corrupt man alive to a position where A. he can break basically any law, and benefit from any attempts to hold him accountable, and B. he would not and has not ever shied away from unduly influencing his justice department AND foreign powers to try to prosecute his political opponents. The moment it turns back his way for reasons ENTIRELY of his own making, suddenly it turns into ‘political persecution’.”
Another wrote a warning for those who are thinking of taking up Trump’s call to arms, “Those who are thinking of foolishly acting on Trump’s words should consider the plight of the 1/6 insurrectionists who are currently sitting in jail cells. Trump didn’t keep them out of prison, won’t pay for their legal defenses, doesn’t care for them. He uses people then disposes of them.”
Lock Him up Already
Many people had a bone to pick with Trump, “I want him arrested for the Georgia phone call. You can’t pressure election officials to hand you a specific number of votes ‘or it would be very bad for you’. They’ve had the recording for 2 years, lock him up already!”
Which Crime?
Another wrote, “The amazing thing about President Trump is that you hear he is going to be arrested on Tuesday and you have to ask the question about which crime it was for.”
Someone replied, “Personally I find it incredible that it’s the Stormy Daniels thing that ends up being the charge that breaks the “unprecedented to charge a former president” barrier…”
Working Towards an Indictment
Another person added some context, “From the AP article: “But there has been no public announcement of any time frame for the grand jury’s secret work in the case. At least one additional witness is expected to testify, further indicating that no vote to indict has yet been taken, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to publicly discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity. “
Don’t take Trump’s social media posts for anything more than an old fart having a public meltdown. The reliable sources say we’re still working towards an indictment but not there yet.”
An NYT article indicated that the Grand Jury will probably not be wrapped up on Tuesday, “The grand jury is expected to hear from at least one more witness, which could delay an indictment.”
One person commented on that, “Called it. Trump is faking it just so he can use the inevitable riots as a distraction, especially since it looks extremely likely that his arrest will be delayed.”
Another person added, “He wants the violence to start before the grand jury votes to try to intimidate them into voting not to indict.”
What do you think? Will Trump be arrested on Tuesday or in the coming days, or is this yet another con?
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