Looking out at a mostly white Texas crowd, former President Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors. His diatribe left the clear impression that he thinks he can’t possibly be treated fairly by Black officials.
Trump attacking prosecutorsis nothing new. When his business and political dealings are investigated, he often strikes back with accusations of misconduct and witch hunts.
Now he faces an array of Black prosecutors: New York Attorney General Letitia James; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Vance's successor and the first Black person to hold that office; Fani Willis, the Fulton County, Georgia, DA; even Rep. Bennie Thompson, the leader of the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection. And critics say Trump's rhetoric has escalated, perhaps because he recognizes that some among his base are receptive to more overt racism.
Michael Steele, who more than a decade ago was the first African American to chair the Republican National Committee, said Trump was being Trump. In a letter to the FBI, Willis called Trump’s rhetoric “alarming.” She called on the FBI to help assess security at the county courthouse and provide personnel to protect the area against possible attack, like the one on the U.S. Capitol a year ago.
The flip side of Trump’s aspersions of Black prosecutorial power is the argument that it has been too long in coming.
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