Trump ripped into the Manhattan DA in an all-caps Truth Social rant on Thursday.
He seemed to mock calls for his supporters to remain "peaceful" as he faces a potential indictment.
Trump's incendiary rhetoric over the last few days is reminiscent of the run-up to the Capitol riot.
Former President Donald Trump accused the Manhattan district attorney of being a "Soros backed animal" — an accusation that plays into anti-Semitic tropes — and brushed off calls for his supporters to remain peaceful as he stares in the face of a possible indictment.
In an all-caps rant posted to Truth Social early Thursday, Trump asked why Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg wouldn't drop his office's investigation into an illegal hush-money payment that his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, says he made at Trump's direction to the adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to multiple felonies connected to the payment, including tax evasion, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations.
"EVERYBODY SAYS THERE IS NO CRIME HERE," the former president wrote Thursday. "I DID NOTHING WRONG!"
He went on to describe Cohen as a "CONVICTED NUT JOB WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY," adding that Bragg "REFUSES TO STOP DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY."
Trump continued, falsely claiming that "THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE. DISGRACEFUL!"
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