Trump slams Manhattan DA Bragg as an ‘animal’ as hush money indictment looms

Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on Nov. 15, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. - Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/TNS

Former President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he is “100% INNOCENT” in the Stormy Daniels hush money case and attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as an “animal.” In his latest outburst, Trump accused Bragg of “carrying out the plans of the radical left lunatics” by investigating him for paying the porn star to keep quiet about their supposed sexual encounter in the days before the 2016 presidential election. “He is (an) animal who just doesn’t care about right or wrong no matter how many people are hurt,” Trump wrote on his social media site. Trump added that “everybody kno...

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