Fans of former President Donald Trump are outraged that their leader will soon have to answer in a Florida court after he was charged with 37 felonies on Friday, including withholding documents and obstructing a criminal investigation .
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“They see it as an act of war and are calling for retaliation,” Hammelburg says. “They’re calling it a witch hunt and they’re convinced the whole thing is headed by President Joe Biden.” In the morning, Hammelburg mainly sees a lot of media present and only a few on the street. “But the police expect between 5,000 and 50,000 protesters afterward.
Trump himself has called on his supporters to remain calm, but he often does so with a kind of wink.
Anything can happen, predicts Hammelburg. According to him, law enforcement most fear the Proud Boys, the extremist group that was also largely responsible for the attack on the Capitol. ‘It could soon fade away or it could enter the history books today. Trump himself has called on his supporters to remain calm, but he often does so with a wink.
It is clear that the accusation is serious. “It doesn’t sit right with him. William Barr, Trump’s attorney general, said that if half of these allegations are true, his former boss is dead. Trump not only allegedly took state secrets, but also deliberately withheld them. carries a potential twenty-year prison sentence.”
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On her first visit to the court, the case is formally presented. “Trump will deny everything there,” Hammelburg says. ‘After that, dates will be nominated for a formal process. It will take months.’ Meanwhile, the American correspondent expects “circus, entertainment and much clamor”.