{"id":2001047,"date":"2023-08-15T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-former-president-slams-georgia-indictment-as-longest-running-witch-hunt-in-american-history\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:09:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:09:14","slug":"donald-trump-indicted-former-president-slams-georgia-indictment-as-longest-running-witch-hunt-in-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-former-president-slams-georgia-indictment-as-longest-running-witch-hunt-in-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump indicted: Ex-president slams Georgia indictment as &#8216;lengthy Witch Hunt ever&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indicted-former-president-slams-georgia-indictment-as-longest-running-witch-hunt-in-american-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Slams Latest Indictment as &#8220;Witch Hunt&#8221;<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A continuation of the greatest and \u200blongest-running Witch Hunt in\u2062 American history.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a <a title=\"With \u2018Terror On The Prairie,\u2019 Gina Carano Takes On The Entertainment Establishment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-terror-on-the-prairie-gina-carano-takes-on-the-entertainment-establishment\/\">late-night interview<\/a> \u2063with Fox News, former President Donald Trump expressed his frustration \u2062and \u200bdisbelief at the recent indictment from a grand jury in Georgia. Trump, who was named in the \u200dindictment along with 18 others and charged with multiple counts, criticized the timing and motives\u200d behind the charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Questions Timing of \u200cIndictment<\/h3>\n<p>Trump raised suspicions \u200babout the timing\u2062 of the indictment, pointing out that it coincides with his 2024 presidential campaign\u2064 and the upcoming Republican caucuses and primaries.\u200d He suggested that the <a title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\">politically motivated charges<\/a> were strategically \u200cplaced to disrupt his campaign momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This politically inspired \u200cindictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack\u200d in the middle of my political campaign, \u2062where I am leading all Republicans, \u200cby a lot, and \u200bbeating Joe Biden soundly \u2062in almost all polls,&#8221; Trump stated.<\/p>\n<h3>Claims of\u200c Election Rigging<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to assert that the \u20622020 election was illegitimate, Trump\u2062 redirected attention to those he \u200bbelieves\u200d should be investigated. He criticized District Attorney Fani Willis for focusing on him instead of <a title=\"Donald Trump indicted: Ex-president slams Georgia indictment as 'lengthy Witch Hunt ever'.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-former-president-slams-georgia-indictment-as-longest-running-witch-hunt-in-american-history\/\">addressing alleged election rigging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She should focus on the people that rigged the 2020 presidential election, not those who demand an \u2062answer as to what happened,&#8221; Trump argued.<\/p>\n<h3>Attacks\u2062 on Willis and Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Trump didn&#8217;t hold back in his criticism of Willis, labeling her as &#8220;racist and corrupt.&#8221; \u200dHe drew parallels between her and President Joe Biden, \u200dhighlighting what he perceives as their failures in \u200bleadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like she has allowed Atlanta to go to hell with \u200call of\u2064 its crime and \u200cviolence, so too has Joe Biden allowed the United States of America to go to the same \u200dplace with\u2062 millions\u200b of people invading our country, inflation, bad economy, no energy, and lack of respect all over the world,&#8221; Trump asserted.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Fifth Indictment<\/h3>\n<p>This latest indictment from the \u200cGeorgia grand jury marks Trump&#8217;s fifth indictment in four\u2064 criminal cases\u200c this year. The former president finds himself entangled in legal battles while actively campaigning for the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Defendants named in \u200bthe indictment, including Trump&#8217;s associates such as Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows,\u200c are accused of violating Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as &#8220;RICO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to District Attorney Fani Willis, all 19\u2063 defendants\u200c are expected to report to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, by <a title=\"Six GOP senators vote second Trump impeachment trial is constitutional\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-gop-senators-vote-second-trump-impeachment-trial-is-constitutional\/\">noon local time<\/a> on Aug. 25. She plans to try all the defendants \u2063together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click\u2062 here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump criticized his recent indictment in Georgia, calling it part of an ongoing and extensive witch hunt. During a late-night interview with Fox News, Trump expressed his frustration after being included in a 19-person indictment and facing 13 charges. He stated, &#8220;The entire world is witnessing this.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Donald Trump indicted: Ex-president slams Georgia indictment as &#8216;lengthy Witch Hunt ever&#8217;.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Donald Trump indicted: Ex-president slams Georgia indictment as &#8216;lengthy Witch Hunt ever&#8217;.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}