Trump lawyers blast indictment as political persecution

WASHINGTON, United States – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Sunday lambasted the former president’s historic indictment as “political persecution” ahead of his court appearance next week. Trump himself plans to make public remarks on Tuesday from Florida, he said in a statement Sunday. The ex-leader, 76, is due to be arraigned at a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday afternoon — the first time a president or former president faces criminal charges. He has denounced the legal proceedings as a “witch hunt” and assailed the judge assigned to hear it. The indictment is still under seal, and the circumstances of Trump’s appearance in…