Republican presidential nominee Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday criticized rumors of impending indictments of President Trump, saying it would be “un-American” to indict the former president.
“It is un-American for the ruling party to use police power to arrest political rivals,” the entrepreneur said on Twitter. “If Republican prosecutors had used campaign money to arrest then-candidate John Kerry in 2004, liberals would have cried foul if Bush and Cheney were in power. It is a matter of course.”
“This will mark a dark moment in American history and undermine public confidence in the electoral system itself,” Ramaswamy continued. “I call on the Manhattan District Attorney to reconsider this action and set aside partisan politics in order to preserve our constitutional republic.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is reportedly planning to indict the former president over an alleged hush-money scandal with porn star Stormy Daniels.
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Vivek Ramaswamy departs after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, held at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen allegedly sent Daniels $130,000 to prevent him from going public with his relationship with Trump in 2006. It was allegedly paid off by Trump in installments.
Prosecutors will likely argue that the $130,000 payment to Daniels was an improper contribution to the Trump campaign because Daniels’ NDA helped his candidacy.
A court source told Fox News Digital that members of Alvin Bragg’s office met with law enforcement and said, “We are planning to discuss logistics next week, which indicates they anticipate an indictment next week. means,” he said.
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Former US President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Arizona. (Brandon Bell)
President Trump lashed out at the reports on Saturday morning and urged his supporters to protest.
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“Now, an illegal leak from the corrupt and highly politicized Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has set a new record in violent crime, whose leader was funded by George Soros, and who can prove the crime.” Couldn’t and shows it’s based on an old and completely debunked (by many other prosecutors!) fairy tale, a distant Republican frontrunner and former President of the United States who will be elected next week. Arrested on Tuesday. Protest and take back our country!” Trump wrote on True Social.
President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with the Coronavirus Task Force in the Brady Press Conference Room at the White House in Washington, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Fox News’ Kyle Morris contributed to this report.
