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Donald Trump ‘upset and angry but not…’: What his lawyer said on indictment
Donald Trump Indictment: “Oh, he's not worried at all. I mean, he's upset, angry. He is being persecuted politically," Donald Trump's lawyer said.
Former US President Donald Trump is "upset" and "angry" by his indictment, but "not worried at all," his attorney Joe Tacopina, told CBS after a New York grand jury investigating a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, voted to indict Trump. With this, Donald Trump became the first former president in US history to face criminal charges.
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“Oh, he's not worried at all. I mean, he's upset, angry. He is being persecuted politically. That is clear to many people — not only on the right but on the left — and we, as Americans, honestly should be concerned. Today it's Donald Trump, tomorrow, it's gonna be a Democrat. The day after that it could be your brother, or your son, your daughter,” Joe Tacopina said.
"And we have to be concerned about the rule of law falling," he continued, adding, "because what's happened here is this is a case that would not have been brought against another individual in this country if his name wasn't Donald Trump, pursued by a prosecutor who has obviously very diverse political views from the president. So, it's a very troubling case because there's no crime here."
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The attorney told NBC news that Donald Trump was "shocked" when he heard the news of his indictment.
“Despite all the scuttlebutt and rumors and what not, we believed and hoped that rule of law would have prevailed. So he initially was, was shocked. After he got over that, you know, he put a notch on his belt and he decided we have to fight now,” he said.
Donald Trump is “ready to fight this", he asserted.
