First speech after retirement, likely to be the next presidential candidate
Movement to maintain and exercise influence in the Republican Party
U.S. Supreme Court orders Trump to submit tax data
Trump “Political Witch Hunt…will continue to fight”
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Former US President Donald Trump is likely to claim that he is, in fact, a “Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election” in his first official appearance after retirement.
On the 22nd (local time), Internet media Axios reported that former President Trump is going to make such a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a conservative camp event on the 28th, citing an anonymous official. The official said that the former President Trump will show off his power through a speech, and the core of the speech will be that the former President Trump “has no Twitter or presidency, but is still responsible.”
Axios said former President Trump’s aides are low foresight to run for his next presidential election, but Trump knows the possibility itself will bring leverage and interest to him. At the same time, former President Trump is struggling to maintain political influence within the Republican Party. Trump’s staff are reported to be gathering this week at the resort in Marrakech, Florida, where he is staying to plan his next political move and organize as a’kingmaker’ for next midterm elections.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court orders former President Trump to submit tax payment data, and there is also a prospect that his position may be shaken. According to foreign media such as Reuters, the Supreme Court issued an order to dismiss former President Trump’s request to withhold the ruling of a lower court that said to hand over tax data according to a grand jury summons summoned by the New York State prosecutors’ office. New York State prosecutors have been investigating former President Trump’s suspicion of “sex scandal silence” and the Trump Group’s financial crimes. The CNN broadcast said that the Supreme Court order no longer interfered with the prosecution’s investigation, saying it was a “bitter defeat” of former President Trump.
Former President Trump protested, saying it was “political witch hunt.” In a statement that day, former President Trump criticized that “this has never happened to the president before,” saying that the Supreme Court allowed a fishing expedition. “The investigation was completely influenced by the Democrats in New York City and New York State, which are Democratic regions,” he said. “In spite of all the election crimes committed against me, I will continue to fight like that for the past five years.”
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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