PALM BEACH, Fla. — After flying back to Florida from New York, Donald Trump and his supporters gathered at Mar-a-Lago.
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The former president took time to discredit Tuesday’s indictment as well as other investigations underway against him.
Trump aired a long list of grievances against the many scandals and investigations he’s faced during and after leaving office, including Tuesday’s indictment.
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Prosecutors in New York said Trump disguised reimbursements to his lawyers to squish unflattering stories that could impact his campaign as routine payments for legal services – a move they say is a felony.
Speakers in front of hundreds of his supporters, Trump framed all of it as an effort to kill his campaign, saying it was a justice system run amok by the left, and an effort organized by a prosecutor bent on his destruction.
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Trump also said the indictment amounted to nothing.
Trump also lashed out against the judge in the case, who has the ability to put a gag order on Trump.
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