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Former President Donald Trump appealed to supporters for campaign donations on Monday by telling them he could be thrown in jail this week.
The presumed GOP presidential candidate has denied 34 felony charges of faking business records to hide payments for covering up affairs before the 2016 election.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case, issued a gag order preventing Trump from attacking witnesses, courthouse staff, and members of their families. Legal experts have said that Trump has violated said order on multiple occasions. Prosecutors have urged that the former president be held in contempt. A hearing is set for Tuesday, which the Trump campaign promoted in an email.
“ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN 24 HOURS!” was the subject line. “Friend, in 24 hours, the hearing on my GAG ORDER will begin. I COULD BE THROWN IN JAIL AT THAT VERY MOMENT!”
The language was similar to an email the campaign sent three days before jury selection started, warning, “72 Hours Until All Hell Breaks Loose!”
A jury of 12 jurors and six alternates has since been impaneled without any – let alone all – hell breaking loose.
The rest of Trump’s email read:
This is what the Hate-America Deep State has always dreamed of. I won’t be able to campaign. I will be muzzled and silent. And Democrats will have free rein to destroy our country. We need a HUGE outpouring of support before the day is over, because tomorrow, all hell could break loose for our MAGA Movement. Right now, at this very moment, I’m calling on EVERY Patriot reading this message to chip in and say, I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP!
ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN 24 HOURS!
Friend, in 24 hours, the hearing on my GAG ORDER will begin.
I COULD BE THROWN IN JAIL AT THAT VERY MOMENT!
This is what the Hate-America Deep State has always dreamed of.
STAND WITH TRUMP
I won’t be able to campaign.
I will be muzzled and silent.
And Democrats will have free rein to destroy our country.
We need a HUGE outpouring of support before the day is over, because tomorrow, all hell could break loose for our MAGA Movement.
Right now, at this very moment, I’m calling on EVERY Patriot reading this message to chip in and say, I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP!
STAND WITH TRUMP
Crooked Joe Biden thinks that if I’m locked away, then supporters like YOU will abandon me.
BUT I KNOW THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!
Only your actions at this moment will show them just how big of a mistake they’ll make if they lock me away.With you by my side, we will peacefully win back the White House at the ballot box and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
In addition to funding a campaign, Trump continues to face massive legal bills stemming from his civil and criminal cases. Last year, he spent $50 million in donor money on legal fees.
