{"id":85923,"date":"2023-03-19T02:19:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T06:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=85923"},"modified":"2023-03-19T02:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T06:19:36","slug":"trump-anticipates-arrest-on-tuesday-calls-for-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2023\/03\/19\/trump-anticipates-arrest-on-tuesday-calls-for-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Anticipates \u2018Arrest\u2019 On Tuesday, Calls For Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former President of the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2022\/12\/05\/2024-u-s-election-the-gop-stands-no-chance-with-trump.html\">Donald Trump<\/a> has declared that he expects to be &#8216;arrested&#8217; Tuesday in the face of an alleged hush-money payment to a porn star in 2016 and he urged his supporters to protest, as prosecutors gave signs of moving closer to an indictment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeading Republican candidate &amp; former President of the United States of America will be arrested on Tuesday of next week,\u201d the 76-year-old billionaire said Saturday on his Truth Social platform, adding: \u201cProtest, take our nation back!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump would become the first former US president to be charged with a felony if he were to get an indictment, which would be a shocking and unanticipated move in the campaign for the White House in 2024 as Trump attempts to reclaim the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Even a conviction in the hush money case wouldn&#8217;t stop Trump from running, but an indictment could have significant repercussions, energising both his opponents and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reacted with fury, accusing New York prosecutors of pursuing \u201cpolitical vengeance\u201d against Trump. McCarthy vowed on Twitter to launch a congressional probe of the matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2023\/03\/18\/im-back-trump-returns-to-facebook-youtube-2-years-after\/\">\u2018I\u2019m Back\u2019: Trump Returns To Facebook, YouTube 2 Years After<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But his Democratic predecessor, Nancy Pelosi, denounced Trump\u2019s announcement as \u201creckless,\u201d saying it would \u201cfoment unrest among his supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cannot hide from his violations of the law, disrespect for our elections and incitements to violence,\u201d added Pelosi, who was still speaker when Trump was impeached for inciting the January 6, 2021 rioting in the US Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The current investigation, led by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, centers on $130,000 paid weeks before the 2016 polls to stop porn star Stormy Daniels from going public about an 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