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Former President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden’s administration, comparing it to the Nazi regime’s secret police circa World War II in new comments over the weekend.
Trump was talking to donors at a weekend retreat in Florida, where he took the stage with supporters and potential running mates as his campaign seeks to close the money gap with Biden.
The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that they obtained audio recordings of remarks where Trump asserted that Democrats, under Biden, are orchestrating the multiple federal and state-level indictments he is facing as he concurrently runs another campaign for the White House in this year’s election, according to The Daily Wire.
“These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said. “And it’s the only thing they have. And it’s the only way they’re going to win, in their opinion, and it’s actually killing them. But it doesn’t bother me.”
Trump is currently on trial in a 2016 election “hush-money” case in New York, initiated by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Additionally, he faces charges in a 2020 election case centered in Georgia, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, as well as a separate 2020 election case and a classified documents case overseen by special counsel Jack Smith.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in both the criminal proceedings and civil litigation concerning his business and personal matters. Alongside pleading not guilty to numerous charges, Trump has asserted that prosecutors are conducting a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.
Last week, Trump’s attorneys filed paperwork to have Smith’s classified documents case against him dismissed on grounds of selective prosecution.
The filing names several political figures who have participated in similar activity to what the former president is being prosecuted for, including former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, and President Joe Biden.
“President Donald J. Trump respectfully submits that the indictment must be dismissed on the basis of the office’s selective prosecution,” the attorneys said in a court filing that was obtained by reporter Julie Kelly.
It says that Special Counsel Robert Hurr found that President Biden had mishandled classified documents and stored some in his private residence and at an office.
It said that no former president or vice president has been charged in such a case but for one exception.
“The exception is President Trump. The basis is his politics and status as President Biden’s chief political rival. Thus, this case reflects the type of selective and vindictive prosecution that cannot be tolerated,” it said.
“Finally, the unproven obstruction allegations by the Special Counsel’s Office cannot save this prosecution. Hillary Clinton and her colleagues deleted 31,830 emails and destroyed data on numerous electronic devices, including after a congressional preservation order, the attorneys said.
“Comey hid from the FBI that he had used a private scanner and his personal email account to transmit at least two classified documents to his personal attorneys,” it said.
The fling spoke of the late Sandy Berger, who worked for former President Clinton as a top national security adviser and admitted to stealing classified documents before destroying them.
“None of these individuals faced a charge under the Espionage Act or was prosecuted for obstruction,” they said.
In April Kelly said that she believes that there is a chance that the judge dismisses the case.
“There is a chance she dismisses the case based on selective/vindictive prosecution—which she hinted at during a hearing last month. This could be her way of getting as much evidence into the public square to justify such a decision,” she said. “Part of me also thinks she wants this to go to trial to expose just how dirty the case is and force Jack Smith to own it.”
