Trump DJed as DJ Pavarotti in Bedminster 90 minutes after learning he was facing federal indictment
Donald Trump became a DJ, playing his favorite songs from Pavarotti to James Brown, just 90 minutes after learning he faces historic federal charges that face 100 years in prison.
Last night the former president said he faces charges of espionage and seven counts related to the mishandling of classified documents.
After a vociferous statement on Truth Social declaring, “I AM AN INNOCENT MAN,” Trump appeared to calm his nerves by having dinner at his place Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey before it boogieed all night.
Trump wore a Make America Great Again cap and pretended to be a DJ. He also slammed his other favorite songs alongside Elvis, a source reported New York Times.
It’s not the first time the 76-year-old has thrown a fight in the face of a criminal complaint. After Trump was first indicted in April for paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels, he threw a party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Former President Donald Trump reportedly DJed all night at his golf resort in Bedminster after his indictment last night, beating up Pavarotti and James Brown
Trump was in Bedminster when news of his new charges broke. He denies the allegations and says he is innocent
Shortly after being charged with the crime earlier this year, he flew to his West Palm Beach home before partying with friends and family, taking on musical responsibilities and belting out his campaign hit The Village People’s “Macho Man.”
Trump previously claimed he’s “always had a great flair for music,” often DJing guests at the Florida resort. “People love it when I do it,” he told the Full Send Podcast.
Trump’s latest indictment – which he has described as prosecution – marks the first time in US history that a former president has faced a federal indictment.
ABC News reported that the 76-year-old faces four separate charges, all of which carry a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years.
These include: conspiracy to obstruct justice; withholding a document or record; fraudulently conceal a document or record; and concealing a document as part of a federal investigation.
In one case, a ten-year prison sentence is imposed: willful withholding of information from the national defense.
And the last two charges each have a maximum term of five years: concealment schemes and false statements and representations. Trump’s charges remain classified, but his decision to release them means the government could unveil them as early as Friday ahead of a court hearing in Miami next Tuesday.
The latest indictments mark yet another setback for the 2024 presidential nominee who wants to regain control of the White House.
Trump wore a Make America Great Again cap and pretended to be a DJ. He also slammed his other favorite songs besides Elvis
Even his Republican rival for 2024, Rob DeSantis, was outraged by the new charges, calling them a “moral threat to a free society.”
The news sparked outrage in the Republican Party yesterday, with even his 2024 rival Ron DeSantis declaring that “arming federal law enforcement poses a deadly threat to a free society.”
DeSantis did not say if he would pardon his rival if Trump is convicted, although he has urged the Florida governor to commit to doing so.
Following his indictment, Trump released a video that The New York Times claimed was prerecorded, which said it was a political persecution and insisted he was innocent.
He published a detailed statement on his social media account Truth Social, which he set up in 2022 after a Twitter ban.
“The corrupt Biden administration has informed my attorneys that I have been charged, apparently on the Boxes hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1,850 boxes at the University of Delaware, more boxes in Chinatown, DC, and more boxes at the University of Pennsylvania,” and documents are strewn all over the floor of his garage where he parks his Corvette, “secured only by a garage door that is paper thin and is open most of the time,” Trump wrote.
“I was subpoenaed to appear in federal court in Miami at 3 p.m. Tuesday. I never thought it possible that something like this could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any other sitting President in the history of our country and currently leads by far all candidates, both Democratic and Democratic Republicans, in polls for the 2024 presidential election. I’m an innocent man!’
Trump railed against the “corrupt Biden administration” and accused it of election interference in a video released just minutes after the announcement by his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey
A wealth of classified documents was found in an FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in August (pictured)
Later Thursday night, he said in a video, “It is very sad that we are a nation in decline and yet we are persecuting a very popular President,” Trump said.
“I’m an innocent man, I did nothing wrong,” he continued, vowing to “fight that.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Trump also said he would “obviously” plead not guilty.
Prosecutors said the former president took about 300 classified documents to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, including about 100 the FBI seized in a search of the house in August, underscoring the gravity of the Justice Department’s investigation .
Trump insisted he was authorized to keep the classified documents when he left the White House and claimed without evidence that he released them.
Trump and his team have long considered the special counsel’s investigation far more dangerous than the New York affair — both politically and legally.
It remains unclear what the immediate and long-term political consequences will be for the former leader.
His first indictment sparked millions of dollars in donations from disgruntled supporters and did not hurt Trump in the polls as the 2024 presidential race draws ever closer.
The former president’s legal troubles extend beyond the New York indictment and classified documents case. The Special Counsel has a separate investigation underway focused on attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, while the district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County is investigating Trump over alleged attempts to undermine the state’s 2020 election.
Trump is due to appear in court in Miami at 3 p.m. Tuesday, where the latest charges will be brought against him. Prior to his appearance before the judge, security around the courthouse had already been tightened.
He has already been charged in New York and faces further investigations in Washington and Atlanta that could lead to criminal charges.