Pelosi, Dems calls Trump's arrest warning 'reckless,' accuse him of fomenting 'unrest'

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., connected Saturday slammed former President Donald Trump's statement that he expects to beryllium arrested adjacent week, calling it "reckless" and accusing him of inciting violence.

"The erstwhile president's announcement this greeting is reckless: doing truthful to support himself successful nan news & to foment unrest among his supporters," tweeted Pelosi, nan erstwhile House speaker. "He cannot hide from his violations of nan law, disrespect for our elections and incitements to violence. Rightfully, our ineligible strategy will determine really to clasp him accountable."

Pelosi's tweets came aft Trump announced he anticipates his apprehension connected Tuesday amid reports saying nan Manhattan territory attorney's agency is preparing to rumor an indictment for alleged hush money payments that Trump made arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner successful 2016.

TRUMP RECEIVED 'NO NOTIFICATION' OTHER THAN 'ILLEGAL LEAKS' ABOUT POSSIBLE ARREST NEXT WEEK, SPOKESPERSON SAYS

"NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!, [sic]" Trump posed to his Truth Social account.

In her tweets, Pelosi hinted astatine nan imaginable for an indictment against Trump.

"Whatever nan Grand Jury decides," wrote Pelosi, "its information makes clear: nary 1 is supra nan law, not moreover a erstwhile President of nan United States."

Left: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Right: Former President Donald Trump (Fox News)

Pelosi wasn't nan only Democrat to remark connected Trump's connection connected Saturday. Indeed, her successor arsenic nan apical House Democrat, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appeared to beryllium referencing Trump successful a tweet lambasting "right-wing extremists" for "inflammatory" rhetoric.

"We unrecorded successful a democracy," wrote Jeffries. "Right-wing extremists who instrumentality nan flames of governmental unit pinch inflammatory rhetoric are not fresh to serve. American values complete autocracy."

Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., took purpose astatine House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for saying he's directing House committees to analyse whether national costs are being utilized for "politically motivated prosecutions" amid reports that Trump could beryllium indicted arsenic early arsenic adjacent week.

"Here we spell again: Kevin McCarthy erstwhile again playing nan portion of criminal defense counsel to shield Trump from accountability," tweeted Schiff. "Heedless of nan consequences to nan country, he stirs nan pot, and calls for an investigation of nan investigators. It's each portion of Trump's playbook."

Rep. Eric Swalwell, R-Calif., likewise accused McCarthy of "using his powers successful authorities to extremity an independent prosecution of his boss."

Rep. Ted Lieu likewise slammed McCarthy, claiming he "bends nan knee" to Trump.

"Dear [McCarthy]: Do you moreover cognize what nan charges are?," wrote Lieu. "Have you seen immoderate of nan expansive assemblage evidence? No. You are being a craven, partisan leader who doesn’t respect nan norm of law. In America, nary 1 is supra nan law, including nan personification to whom you crook your knee."

Lieu besides tweeted that nary 1 is supra nan law, including erstwhile presidents, but noted that Trump has nan correct to beryllium presumed guiltless until proven blameworthy "beyond a reasonable uncertainty to a judge aliases jury."

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's agency will reportedly meet pinch rule enforcement officials to talk logistics for immoderate clip adjacent week regarding a imaginable indictment, which stems from a years-long investigation into Trump's alleged hush money ungraded involving porn prima Stormy Daniels.

In nan last weeks of nan 2016 statesmanlike campaign, Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen sent $130,000 to Daniels to forestall her from disclosing her alleged 2006 matter pinch Trump, who has denied nan affair. Trump subsequently reimbursed Cohen.

Charges that prosecutors whitethorn bring against Trump are expected to subordinate to nan mendacious signaling of nan reimbursements successful his company's soul records arsenic "legal expenses."

It's besides been wide speculated that Trump could beryllium charged pinch violating run finance laws by arranging nan payments to bargain Daniels' soundlessness weeks earlier nan 2016 election. However, immoderate experts person questioned nan ineligible reasoning down specified a charge.

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Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung described nan ongoing investigation by nan Manhattan territory attorney's officeas a "witch hunt," calling nan erstwhile president "completely innocent" and accusing District Attorney Alvin Bragg of being in nan pouch of President Biden and "radical Democrats."