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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lois Beckett

Donald Trump had lots of negative opinions about felons. Now he is one

Trump in court with officers behind him.
‘If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,’ Trump said. Photograph: Getty Images

Donald Trump has spent years complaining that American police and the criminal legal system should be “very much tougher”, arguing that some criminals should not be protected by civil liberties, police should rough up suspects and a much wider range of people should face the death penalty for breaking the law.

Now that the former president has been convicted on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records, Trump is arguing that the US legal system is out of control. “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,” he said on Friday.

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