PALM BEACH, Fla. — Just hours after he left his fingerprints in a Manhattan courthouse and on American history, former President Donald Trump returned to his home turf at the Mar-a-Lago club here and proclaimed that he is being unjustly persecuted by prosecution.
"They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try to beat us through the law," Trump, the first former president ever charged with a crime, said Tuesday night to a room of supporters that included luminaries of his movement, such as defeated Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, voter fraud evangelist Mike Lindell and Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas.
"We are a nation in decline, and now these radical left lunatics want to interfere in elections by using law enforcement," Trump said, tying his prosecution and the multiple investigations he faces to his false claims of a rigged election in 2020. "We can’t let that happen."
Speaking for less than 30 minutes, Trump was more subdued than usual, and it seemed the long day had taken its toll on him. But he didn't stop with lambasting the case in New York. Rather, he turned his attention to additional legal jeopardy he faces.
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