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Lawyers, including special counsel Jack Smith, warn that Trump’s theory of "presidential immunity" would allow presidents to be unaccountable tyrants.
Trump’s Truth Social post came two days after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that he is ineligible to be president based on the 14th Amendment.
During the riot at the US Capitol, Trump supporters stalked the halls of Congress searching for then-House Speaker Pelosi.
The 14th Amendment bans insurrectionists from seeking office, and the question of whether Trump can even be on the ballot is likely headed to the high court.
The Republican front-runner said there was "no way" he could get a fair trial under Judge Tanya S. Chutkin.
The former vice president has been increasingly emphatic in his criticism of Trump, and his campaign suggested it's paying off.
“Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power,” prosecutors allege.
The federal indictment is Trump’s second in two months after he was charged with mishandling classified documents.
A federal grand jury has indicted the former president on four felony charges related to the insurrection, his second federal indictment in recent months.
Trump was already impeached for his incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol designed to keep him in power despite losing the 2020 election.