Donald Trump vowed on Friday that he would remain in the race for the 2024 presidential election even if he is convicted of criminal charges in any of the cases he faces.
Mr Trump, the first president to be impeached twice and the first to be criminally charged, was asked if a conviction would stop his campaign.
“Not at all. There's nothing in the constitution to say that it could,” the Republican front-runner told right-wing radio host John Fredericks.
“And even the radical left crazies are saying not at all, that wouldn't stop [me] – and it wouldn't stop me either. These people are sick. What they are doing is absolutely horrible.”
Federal prosecutors on Thursday issued Mr Trump with three additional federal charges in his classified documents case. He was already facing 37 charges.
Mr Trump had suggested, without evidence, that his predecessors Barack Obama and George W Bush had also taken or concealed documents after leaving office.
The former president added that he did not believe he was required to hand over security footage from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
“These were security tapes. We handed them over to them. … I'm not even sure what they're saying,” he said, according to Reuters.
In announcing the new charges on Thursday, special counsel Jack Smith's office added a new defendant in the case: Carlos de Oliveira, a maintenance worker at the estate, was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
According to federal prosecutors, Mr de Oliveira told another Mar-a-Lago employer that “the boss” wanted surveillance camera footage.
“They went after two fine employees yesterday, fine people,” Mr Trump said.
“They're trying to intimidate people so that people go out and make up lies about me. Because I did nothing wrong.”
The former president's aide, Walt Nauta, is a co-defendant in the case.
Mr Trump's case in Florida stems from his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left the Oval Office in 2021.
According to CNN, Mr Trump had publicly discussed one of the documents – believed to be focused on Iran – in question.
Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty. A trial is scheduled to begin next May.
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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How to turn your property into a holiday home
- Ensure decoration and styling – and portal photography – quality is high to achieve maximum rates.
- Research equivalent Airbnb homes in your location to ensure competitiveness.
- Post on all relevant platforms to reach the widest audience; whether you let personally or via an agency know your potential guest profile – aiming for the wrong demographic may leave your property empty.
- Factor in costs when working out if holiday letting is beneficial. The annual DCTM fee runs from Dh370 for a one-bedroom flat to Dh1,200. Tourism tax is Dh10-15 per bedroom, per night.
- Check your management company has a physical office, a valid DTCM licence and is licencing your property and paying tourism taxes. For transparency, regularly view your booking calendar.
Living in...
This article is part of a guide on where to live in the UAE. Our reporters will profile some of the country’s most desirable districts, provide an estimate of rental prices and introduce you to some of the residents who call each area home.
