Donald Trump Calls President Joe Biden an "enemy of the state"
- The former president has long built his appeal by portraying himself and his supporters as political outsiders and persecuted figures.
- Trump's name may not appear on the ballot in Pennsylvania this year.
- Trump has yet to announce another presidential campaign, but he has left the door open.
Donald Trump called President Joe Biden an enemy of the state at his first rally since the FBI raid resort to obtain sensitive documents. The former president, speaking before thousands of supporters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, accused Biden of using the FBI as a weapon against him.
Trump said the raid was " one of the most egregious abuses of power by any administration in American history." He promoted two Republican candidates in the state.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for the U.S. Senate and State Senator Doug Mastriano is running to be the next Governor of Pennsylvania. Both spoke only briefly — and as always, Saturday night's rally was really about one person: the headliners.
Trump, 76, spent the first half of his nearly two-hour speech early last month criticizing the FBI raid. FBI agents conducting the search found dozens of empty files marked classified and recovered top-secret documents from his personal office.
Trump, who is under investigation for his handling of classified documents, has denied any wrongdoing. Beyond the raids, the former president returned to familiar themes at his Pennsylvania rally: falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him, attacking Democratic rivals and promising to save our country. He had There have been many calls for the death penalty for drug traffickers. The former president is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with federal authorities over a trove of classified documents seized by the FBI last month.
Administration authorities allege that Trump improperly obtained and stored White House documents at his home, Mar-a-Lago, resort in Florida, including some marked " Top Secret " file. Federal prosecutors now say he may have hindered the investigation into his possession of the documents.
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