The Biden administration is weaponizing the law for political purposes, former President Donald Trump said in a video released Thursday night after Trump was indicted over his handling of classified material.
According to CNN, Trump faces seven counts in his indictment, including one under the 1917 Espionage Act, which has a section concerning the handling of military secrets, and charges of obstruction of justice, destruction or falsification of records, conspiracy and making false statements.
“They’re trying to destroy a reputation so they can win an election,” the former president and leading GOP presidential contender in 2024 said in the video on his Truth Social platform.
“So I just want to tell you, I’m an innocent man. I did nothing wrong. And we will fight this out just like we’ve been fighting for seven years,” he said.
“I’m an innocent man. We will prove that again. Seven years of proving it and here we go again. Very unfair, but that’s the way it is,” Trump said.
He said the indictment was timed to knock him down politically.
“And they come after me, because now we’re leading in the polls again, by a lot, against Biden and against the Republicans by a lot,” Trump said. “But we’re leading against Biden by a lot, a tremendous amount. And we went up to a level that they figured, the way they’re going to stop us is by using what’s called warfare.
“And that’s what it is. This is warfare for the law. And we can’t let it happen. We can’t let it happen.”
“Our country is going to hell and they come after Donald Trump. Weaponizing the Justice Department. Weaponizing the FBI,” he said. “We can’t let this continue to go on because it’s ripping our country to shreds,” he said.
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