WACO, Texas - Mr Donald Trump staged his first presidential campaign rally in Texas on Saturday, brushing off his potential indictment as he railed against multiple criminal probes threatening his bid for the White House.
The Republican addressed several thousand supporters - far fewer than the 15,000 he had expected in the city of Waco as he braced himself for possible charges over a hush-money payout just days before the 2016 election, to a porn star alleging a sexual encounter.
Maintaining that the investigation was over "something that is not a crime, not a misdemeanour, not an affair", Mr Trump told supporters how he had been the victim of "one witch hunt and phony investigation after another".
The former president has made a torrent of increasingly bellicose statements, claiming "misconduct" by prosecutors he refers to as "human scum" who are pursuing cases against him in New York, Washington and Atlanta.
The 76-year-old who was impeached for inciting an insurrection - called last weekend for protests against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and claimed falsely that he was about to be arrested.
"This is really prosecutorial misconduct. That's what it's called.
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