Trump Says DA Bragg Risks ‘Death and Destruction’ in Hush Money Case

  • Ex-President escalates talk of violence against Alvin Bragg
  • Manhattan DA has said it won’t be intimidated by threats

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Donald Trump warned there could be violence if he’s indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in an escalation of verbal attacks on prosecutors investigating the former president for potential crimes.

In a Truth Social post early Friday, Trump asked how a former president could be charged with a crime given that “potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?”