On Monday morning, Donald Trump asserted on his Truth Social account that he is “entitled” to full immunity protections granted to an American president. He warned that if the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denies him, he will take action against President Joe Biden.
A three-judge panel is set to address the question of whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for alleged crimes related to the January 6 insurrection on Tuesday. The former president declared early on Monday that he intends to attend the hearing and took the opportunity to issue a threat directed at the current president.
“I will be attending the the (sic) Federal Appeals Court Arguments on Presidential Immunity in Washington, D.C. Of course I was entitled, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, to Immunity,” Trump wrote. “I wasn’t campaigning, the Election was long over. I was looking for voter fraud, and finding it, which is my obligation to do, and otherwise running running (sic) our Country.”
He then issued a not-so-veiled threat against Biden writing, “If I don’t get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get Immunity, and with the Border Invasion and Afghanistan Surrender, alone, not to mention the Millions of dollars that went into his ‘pockets’ with money from foreign countries, Joe would be ripe for Indictment. By weaponizing the DOJ against his Political Opponent, ME, Joe has opened a giant Pandora’s Box.”
In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump insisted that the country owes him recognition for protecting it as president.
“Page 2: As President, I was protecting our Country, and doing a great job of doing so, just look around at the complete mess that Crooked Joe Biden has caused,” he wrote. “The least I am entitled to is Presidential Immunity on Fake Biden Indictments! “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!”
