The cases #Trump is facing charge him w/ #FalsifyingRecords to allegedly cover up a #HushMoney payment to an adult-film actress during the 2016 presidential election; mishandling #ClassifiedDocuments & #obstruction of government efforts to retrieve them; & #ElectionInterference in the 2020 presidential election. #LocalAuthorities brought 2 of the cases against Trump w/no evidence of coordination, & a #SpecialCounsel acting independently of the WH brought the 2 federal cases against him.
…A WaPo analysis of #Trump’s #SocialMedia posts since the start of his campaign in late 2022 showed that he has gone after #judges or their family members by name 138 times. The weeks of Mar 24 & Mar 17, respectively, included the 2nd & 4th highest number of posts attacking judges overall. Trump criticized judges most frequently during the wk of Jan 7, w/ 14 individual #attacks, nearly all targeted at #Engoron.
Trump’s stmnts are part of a yrs-long pattern of attacking members of the #judiciary in often-personal terms. In 2016, #Trump attacked Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who oversaw a case related to #TrumpUniversity, suggesting that Curiel couldn’t be impartial because of his ethnicity & because Trump promised to build a wall on the border w/Mexico. Trump argued that Curiel’s judgment was clouded because “he’s a Mexican.” Curiel, whose parents are from Mexico, was born in Indiana.
Trump’s attacks also come amid growing concerns about the #safety of federal #judges. Reuters found that #threats against fed judges have more than doubled since late 2020, when #Trump significantly increased his criticism of the #judiciary.
In #Georgia, #FultonCounty Superior Court Judge Scott #McAfee, who is presiding over a #Trump#criminal case involving allegations related to overturning the 2020 election results, has also faced #threats, including a #swatting incident at his #Atlanta-area home in Jan. A spox for the responding local PD said the investigation had been turned over to the #FBI.