Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says former President Donald Trump regarded like a “sad puppy” following his arraignment on costs he led a conspiracy towards the American individuals following his 2020 election loss.

Mrs. Pelosi, a California Democrat who sparred with Mr. Trump throughout his presidency, mentioned she “wasn’t in the courtroom, of course.”

“But when I saw his coming out of his car and this or that, I saw a scared puppy,” Mrs. Pelosi mentioned Friday on MSNBC. “He looked very, very, very concerned about [his] fate.”

She mentioned the ex-president lacked his typical “bravado” after pleading not responsible to 4 legal counts in a federal courthouse that's within reach of the Capitol that was stormed by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021.

“He knows. He knows the truth that he lost the election and now he’s got to face the music,” she mentioned.

Mrs. Pelosi picked the members of the House choose committee on Jan. 6, which investigated Mr. Trump’s actions following the 2020 election and the run-up to the Capitol assault. The indictment secured by particular counsel Jack Smith covers a lot of the identical floor however with the heft of federal costs that would carry jail time.

Mrs. Pelosi mentioned she is “very proud of the Jan. 6 committee which took us, laid the foundation, created a path for us to get to this place to seek the truth.”

Mr. Trump says the fees are groundless and the prosecution will solely make him stronger within the 2024 GOP main. He leads the Republican area by a large margin in early polling.

At the identical time, he says the Biden administration is making an attempt to weaken him forward of a normal election rematch towards the Democratic incumbent.

“Every one of these many Fake Charges filed against me by the Corrupt Biden DOJ could have been filed 2.5 years ago, but they waited and waited until I became dominant in the Polls, and then they filed them all, including locals, right in the middle of my Campaign,” Mr. Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. “They want anybody but ‘TRUMP.’ Not fair and perhaps, not legal. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!”

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