Former President Donald Trump returned to Washington D.C. this week voluntarily, following his arraignment in August on federal criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The former president appeared at a pair of gatherings Friday for socially conservative voters seeking to shore up support with an influential voting bloc as he fends off four simultaneous criminal prosecutions.Trump rattled off his accomplishments as president, including nominating three Supreme Court justices who overturned nearly 50 years of abortion access precedent by reversing Roe v. Wade last year.
Trump then traveled two miles across the district to address the Family Research Council's Pray Vote Stand summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. He announced he'd launch a special task force if elected in 2024 to investigate"political prisoners" who have been persecuted by President Joe Biden's administration.Trump was the closing speaker at the two conservative events where Gov. Ron DeSantis also tried to make his case for the White House by promoting religious freedoms.
"There were government elected officials forcibly closing churches and denying people their right to worship as they see fit," DeSantis said.
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