Trump says he will still run for the White House if found guilty and sentenced

Former US President Donald Trump said Friday that he will maintain his candidacy to return to the White House if he is found guilty and sentenced in any of the criminal investigations being carried out against him.

The reaction of the former president (2017-2021) and main candidate of the Republican Party to the federal and state charges he faces at the judicial level in the midst of his candidacy for a second term in the 2024 elections comes one day after federal prosecutors added three felony charges to the indictment against him for his handling of classified documents.

Asked by conservative radio host John Fredericks if an unfavorable ruling would halt his campaign, Trump was quick to reply: “Not at all. There’s nothing in the Constitution that says it should.”

According to Trump, “Even the crazy ones on the radical left say no, that wouldn’t stop me, and it wouldn’t stop me either. These people are sick.”

Trump noted that previous presidents, including Democrat Barack Obama (2009-2017) and Republican George W. Bush (2001-2009), “took documents” from White House files, falsely suggesting that his predecessors had had conduct similar to the alleged crimes for which he is charged.

“No one has ever been through this. This is crazy,” he added, arguing that he had done nothing wrong.

The Republican tycoon, who has survived two congressional impeachments, was first indicted in the classified documents case last month.

According to the court, he is responsible for endangering national security by keeping top-secret nuclear and defense information in his possession after leaving the White House.