Trump's raging team says new January 6 charges are 'reminiscent of Nazi Germany'

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Former president Donald Trump has released a rambling rant, comparing his new charges in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election to the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. Yes. Really.

The indictment also charges six unnamed co-conspirators, one of which can be easily identified are Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Trump on Tuesday announced he expected to be indicted that same day in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe on the January 6 Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the election. ‘I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5:00 P.M,’The indictment said Trump was ‘determined to stay in power’ and ‘spread lies’ about voter fraud ‘The attack on our nation’s Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,’ stated Smith.

‘As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the US government: The nation’s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election.’he took from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago home. As with the classified documents case, Smith said he will seek a ‘speedy trial’.

 

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