Former United States President Donald Trump said that he was the "most honest human being" that God has ever created, citing the multiple investigations regarding his tax, business, and election fraud claims which he alleged have found nothing.
The Republican businessman's remarks prompted laughter from his followers during a rally in Selma, North Carolina, on Saturday. At the event, the former president defended himself from the multiple investigations into his tax affairs and his attempts to overturn the 2020 elections.
Investigations Into Trump
Trump allegedly quoted private remarks from a friend and claimed that he was the cleanest man on Earth when it came down to it. The former president's speech comes after state prosecutors in Democrat-controlled New York asked a court to hold Trump in contempt for failing to hand over documents amid a civil probe into his family business, the Trump Organization's dealings.
Furthermore, the House Select Committee was investigating the events of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot and obtained text messages that were allegedly sent by Trump's son Donald Jr. The messages were sent to the former president's chief of staff two days after the election day. They detail plans to "control" who would be named the winner of the elections, as per Independent.
During the rally, Trump supported several GOP candidates in their upcoming election bids, on top of his remarks. The former president also said that Democratic prosecutors should stop the "crime and bloodshed" that was running amok in Democrat-controlled cities. He also noted that New York Attorney General Letitia James should focus on her city instead of going after him.
Trump showed his support for Ted Budd for the latter's senatorial bid in the primary and re-election campaign for U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn. The latter has received scrutiny for his statements about alleged orgies and cocaine use among Congress members.
According to Newsweek, Cawthorn said last week that he would not back down and do what he could to prevent the opposition from winning. When pressured regarding his remarks, the official said, "I will continue fighting for many years to come."
Criminal Referral
On the other hand, the House Select Committee is rumored to have become divisive over whether or not to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department over Trump. This doubt comes amid the panel's concussion that they have enough evidence to do so, said people involved in the discussions.
The talks focus on whether making a referral would backfire by politically tainting the Justice Department's expanding investigation into the Jan. 6 chaos and what caused it. A team of federal prosecutors has spent since last summer working for the committee to document the attack and the preceding efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The panel said it plans to issue a detailed report on its findings but has said in recent months that it has regularly signaled that it was also looking into filing a criminal referral. This would pressure Attorney General Merrick B. Garland into opening a criminal investigation into the former president, the New York Times reported.
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