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Donald Trump Published June 10, 2023 8:36pm EDT

Trump reveals his thoughts on

barrage of legal charges,
investigations: 'In a sick way I sort of
enjoy it'
Former president Trump addresses indictment under the Espionage Act over his handling of classified documents,
and the slew of past investigations against him

By Aaron Kliegman Fox News

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Trump tells NC GOP that 'in a sick way' he enjoys barrage of legal challenges ‘dogged conviction’
Speaking to the North Carolina Republican Convention Saturday, Trump railed against Democrats but said the long list of legal challenges and in COVID-era
impeachments help his polling and fundraising.

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said that "in a sick way" he enjoys the legal
charges and investigations brought against him because they "expose" the motivations of
his political opponents.

Speaking at the North Carolina Republican Party's convention in Greensboro, Trump

addressed the newly unsealed federal indictment accusing him of mishandling classified
documents, as well as the various investigations targeting him since he was elected
president in 2016.

"They launched witch hunt after witch hunt, and they just try to stop our movement," said
Trump. "They want to do anything they can to thwart the will of the American people. It's
called election interference. That's what they're doing now. And we've never seen it on a
scale like this. The other side is downright crooked."

Trump, who said Trump said he has "5,000 prosecutors" going after him, was indicted
Friday on 37 federal counts, including willful retention of national defense information,
conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in at the Waco Regional Airport in March 2023. (Brandon
Bell/Getty Images)

TRUMP RAILS AGAINST BIDEN, 'DEEP STATE' AT FIRST SPEECH AFTER CLASSIFIED
DOCS INDICTMENT: 'POLITICAL HIT JOB'

Trump also referenced the impeachment proceedings launched against him as well as the
findings of Special Counsel John Durham who last month released a final report on his
,

investigation into the original probe concerning whether Trump and his campaign colluded
with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Durham found that there was never
any information to justify opening the FBI's investigation and that the bureau and the
Department of Justice "failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law."

"We beat it all off, didn't we?" Trump said. "They put our country through hell, and they
knew it was a lie the entire time."

The former president then suggested that any Republican who becomes president will be
the subject of similar investigations and on the receiving end of unending political attacks,
arguing that anyone but him will crumble under such pressure.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole
on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

TRUMP INDICTED ON 37 FEDERAL COUNTS OUT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S

INVESTIGATION INTO CLASSIFIED RECORDS

"That person will not be able to withstand the fire," he said. "And they actually admit it.
They come to me: 'How do you stand this?' And I usually look at them and say, 'In a sick
way I sort of enjoy it, because it exposes them.' It exposes them for what they are. And it's
also lifted the poll numbers to even higher legs."

Trump touted poll numbers showing him comfortably ahead as the front-runner in the
2024 Republican presidential primary .

Trump also directed his ire at President Joe Biden, calling him "corrupt."

Earlier in the day, Trump delivered his first public remarks since being indicted, accusing
Democrats of a "political hit job" against him and alleging a double standard in the Biden
administration of justice.

Aaron Kliegman is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.

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