Written by: Nihal Abu Al-Saud Wednesday, February 21, 2024 12:12 PM
Former US President Donald Trump described the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny as a horrific matter, and suggested that it was similar to the legal prosecutions that were happening to him while he was working on his candidacy campaign.US presidential elections 2024.
Trump said during an interview with Fox News: “Navalny’s death is very sad. He was very brave, especially after his return to Russia. He could have stayed away, but he chose to return. His situation would have been much better if he had spent his life as an opponent from outside the country, but he returned.”
Trump went on to talk about the legal prosecutions he is facing under his administration Biden“This is happening in our country as well. We are turning into a communist state in many ways. If you look at the situation, I am a leading candidate. I have been accused four times. I have gone through 8 or 9 trials. All of this is only because I work in the political field.” “They were accused of very ridiculous things.”
When asked for his comment on the court decision according to which Trump will pay a $355 million fine in a civil fraud lawsuit filed in New York State, the former president described the ruling as “a form of Navalny,” and continued: “It is a form of communism.”
The host asked Trump Asked whether he saw himself as a potential political prisoner, he did not give a straight answer and opined that his critics “hate him so much” that they probably would have pursued charges even if he had not been running for office.
Navalny, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died last week in a Russian prison. He was 47 years old, where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges after returning to Russia in 2021.
Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four different investigations. He was indicted in New York City over an alleged scheme to obtain secret funds to keep an affair quiet during the 2016 campaign. He was indicted in Washington, D.C., for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. And in Georgia, for trying to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. He was charged in Florida because he handled secret documents when he left office and refused to return them.
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2024-02-21 10:12:00
