Crime / 06 April 2023
Trumpeting his innocence
It’s been a big 24 hours for former US president Donald Trump following his historic indictment in a New York court yesterday. To quickly recap, the 76yo’s up on 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records as part of hush money payments made to 2 women and a man in 2016. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and later travelled home to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he addressed a crowd of supporters. He repeated claims that have been widely debunked and publicly denied the latest charges, saying “the only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it”. And in a nod to the maxim that ‘all publicity is good publicity’, his 2024 presidential election campaign team has already jumped into action, selling merchandise related to the court proceedings. A white t-shirt selling for $53 featuring a fake mugshot of Trump with the words ‘NOT GUILTY’ underneath – get ‘em while they’re hot…
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