Former US President donald trump He had been announcing the news of his possible accusation for weeks to warm things up. Now, that it is a reality, and thus becomes the first ex-president indicted in the United Statesasks his followers to collaborate financially to help him in his legal defense and assures that his case “will turn against Joe Biden en masse.”

As soon as his accusation was made public in a New York court, Trump has defended that it is another example of the “witch hunt” to which he is subjected and that “he is going to turn massively against (President) Joe Biden “.

“Never before in the history of our nation has this been done,” Trump says in a statement posted on his social network, Truth Social, in which he accuses Biden’s Democratic Party of “use Justice as a weapon to punish a political opponent“.

This accusation, which comes in the middle of the campaign to be chosen as the Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, is already using its first line to attack the Democrats for what it considers “political persecution and electoral interference.”

And throw the dart squarely at Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, whose office led the investigation into the payments. to silence the porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, for which the grand jury voted to indict him today.

He accuses Bragg, who has received hundreds of threats in recent days, of having been “hand-picked and financed” by Democratic tycoon George Soros, and of doing “dirty work for Joe Biden” instead of fighting crime. in New York City.

Return to the messages that led to the assault on the Capitol

The former president’s words evoke the messages that led to the assault on the Capitol in 2021. Now, in his statement, he makes a final call to his followers and the Republican Party to “beat” Bragg and Bidenand to “drive every last one of these corrupt Democrats out of their offices to make America great again.”

In a second message, Trump likens his impeachment to an “attack” on the country and its “free and fair elections.”

He asks for donations of “any amount” of money from his followers

Within hours of the news breaking, Trump has sent a clear email to a fundraising group called the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.

“Make a contribution, of any amountto defend our movement from the endless witch hunt and win the White House in 2024,” the message reads.

The prosecution probably

will encourage his most ardent grassroots supporters to donatepolitical analysts and donors assure the ‘Reuters’ news agency, which will give Trump a financial boost for the first quarter of the year, while a possible 2024 Republican rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, wins favor from wealthy donors.

“Trump’s fundraising will skyrocket,” said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist in Washington.