WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- Donald Trump compared the U.S. to a person dying from cancer in a furious Truth Social rant following reports that the January 6 committee is preparing to recommend criminal charges against him.
Trump shared a string of outraged posts on his social media network, including one where he declared: “Our Country is SICK inside, very much like a person dying of Cancer”.
“The Crooked FBI, the so-called Department of ‘Justice,’ and ‘Intelligence,’ all parts of the Democrat Party and System, is the Cancer,” he continued.
“These Weaponized Thugs and Tyrants must be dealt with, or our once great and beautiful Country will die!!!”
In another post, Trump referenced critics who have described him as a threat to democracy.
“‘THREAT TO DEMOCRACY’ is the Radical Left Democrat’s new chant. Like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, before it, and all the rest, it is a total Disinformation HOAX & SCAM. They are the ones who are the REAL THREAT TO DEMOCRACY,” he wrote.
“Remember, the Democrat’s policies are destroying our Country, they ‘stink.’ DISINFORMATION & WEAPONIZATION of ‘Justice’ is all they’ve got, but someday it will all come back to haunt them.”
A third post simply read: “THEY ARE GOING AFTER ME BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY GOING AFTER YOU!”
Trump’s remarks come amid the news that the House select committee will reportedly vote on issuing criminal referrals against him for his role in the raid, according to The New York Times and Politico.
Two people familiar with the matter told Politico that the report on which the committee will vote reflects recommendations from a subcommittee of the panel’s members that evaluated potential criminal referrals.
The subcommittee reportedly recommended the charges of insurrection; obstruction of an official proceeding; and a conspiracy to defraud the United States government.
The report supposedly cites Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which said that Trump’s rhetoric likely incited the January 6 riot.
“From these alleged facts, it is at least plausible to infer that, when he called on rally-goers to march to the Capitol, the President did so with the goal of disrupting lawmakers’ efforts to certify the Electoral College votes,” that ruling said. “The Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and others who forced their way into the Capitol building plainly shared in that unlawful goal.”
The supposed criminal referrals