. Trump posted to Truth Social: "I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5pm. Why didn't they do this 2.5 years ago? Why did they wait so long? Because they wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial Misconduct!" This comes as a former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former Trump were criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, court records stated. Matthew DePerno, a Republican lawyer who was endorsed by Trump in an unsuccessful run for Michigan attorney general last year, was charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy, according to Oakland County court records. Daire Rendon, a former Republican state representative, was charged with conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses. A lawyer listed on court documents as representing Rendon could not be immediately reached for comment by phone. We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story HERE . Get email updates on the day's biggest stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters . Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the s){kind=link}
Former US President Donald Trump says he expects to be indicted over his attempts to overturn the 2020 elections in what would be a cataclysmic moment for US politics – it is the third time he has been indicted since leaving office
A raging Donald Trump says he expects to be indicted today over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, in what would be an historic moment.
Posting on his own social media platform, Truth Social, the livid former US President himself announced he expected the indictment to come at 5pm EST (10pm in the UK).
Trump posted to Truth Social: “I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5pm. Why didn’t they do this 2.5 years ago? Why did they wait so long? Because they wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial Misconduct!”
This comes as a former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former Trump were criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, court records stated.