post just before<\/a> he left for the courthouse, Trump questioned why pro-Palestinian protesters were allowed to \u201croam the Cities, scream, shout, sit, block traffic, enter buildings, not get permits, and basically do whatever they want\u201d while his supporters are \u201crudely and systematically shut down and ushered off to far away \u2018holding areas,\u2019 essentially denying them their Constitutional Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAmerica Loving Protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of Courthouses, all over the Country,\u201d Trump added, appearing to reference how demonstrators who have shown up outside his trial have been kept across the street from the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump urged his supporters to \u201cGO OUT AND PEACEFULLY PROTEST. RALLY BEHIND MAGA. SAVE OUR COUNTRY!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a separate post Sunday, Trump specifically attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), who is leading the case against Trump, and defended the payment at the heart of the case as a \u201clegal expense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat other term would be more appropriate??? Believe it or not, this is the pretext under which I was Indicted, and that Legal Scholars and Experts CANNOT BELIEVE,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cIt is also the perfect Crooked Joe Biden NARRATIVE \u2013 To be STUCK in a courtroom, and not be allowed to campaign for President of the United States!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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