Trump rally today: Trump ramps up attacks on indictment at New Hampshire rally as lawyers ignore judge’s orders

Following an investigation by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, a grand jury in Washington, DC, has charged Mr Trump on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights and obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.

The DC district judge assigned to oversee the case is Tanya Chutkan, a court docket revealed prior to Mr Trump’s arraignment on Thursday 3 August, at which he entered a not-guilty plea to all charges.

Judge Chutkan is an appointee of former president Barack Obama and was first appointed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014.

At least one of Donald Trump’s former lawyers appears to have a pretty low opinion of the newest defence that the ex-president’s legal team is trying out for size.

Ty Cobb, former White House counsel, was speaking on CNN when he was asked about a whirlwind Sunday morning media tour embarked upon by John Lauro, one of Mr Trump’s currently defence attorneys.

On several shows across the major TV networks, Mr Lauro displayed the Trump camp’s newest excuse for the former president’s efforts to pressure various Republican officials to interfere with state or federal election processes on his behalf, including his vice president, Mike Pence.

“I actually don’t think it’s going to be very difficult,” Ms Poumpouras said of the possibility of protecting Mr Trump in prison. “He’s going to a very secure location.”

Former presidents like Mr Trump are assigned lifetime Secret Service details as a matter of routine — but Mr Trump’s post-presidency has, thus far, been anything but ordinary. Not only is Mr Trump running for president again and leading polls of the Republican primary contest, but he’s also facing the possibility of multiple felony convictions that could see him become the first former president to ever be incarcerated.

Former president Donald Trump decried the multiple charges and indictments, calling them “bulls***,” during a rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Trump spoke during a rally in the state that holds the first presidential primary and the one that gave him his first primary win in 2016.

The twice-impeached and now three-times-indicted former president said that President Joe Biden’s administration indicted him to hamper his 2024 run despite the fact that Attorney General Merrick Garland nominated Special Counsel Jack Smith to handle the probes into Mr Trump independently.

The sheriff in the Georgia county where former President Donald Trump is expected to be indicted in connection to his attempts to overturn the presidential election results in the state has said that Mr Trump will receive no special treatment and that a mugshot will be taken “if warranted”.

Fulton County Sheriff appeared on CNN on Sunday, saying that “first and foremost, we will follow our own policies and procedures”.

“We simply don’t … give any leniency just because of your status. Ultimately, there may be a court order that his lawyers may ask for, there may be some alternate … processes around it, but we’ll stay focused on our policies and procedures. And if a mugshot is warranted, we’ll follow that policy and procedure as well,” he added.

The federal grand jury in Washington DC that indicted former president Donald Trump last week met again on Tuesday, suggesting special counsel Jack Smith‘s criminal investigation is still underway.

Multiple members of the grand jury were reportedly seen around the E Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington DC, according to NBC News.

The same grand jury indicted Mr Trump on 1 August with four felony counts related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis is expected to charge the former president in the coming weeks.