“He wants to be defiant — to show the world that if they can try to do this to him, they can do it to anyone,” said one person who spoke to Trump over the weekend. Trump claims he's ready for perp walk if indicted:
Former President Trump supporters gather outside Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 21, 2023. Behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago, the former president has told friends and associates that he welcomes the idea of being paraded by authorities before a throng of reporters and news cameras.
For decades, according to people who worked with him years ago at the Trump Organization, Trump — who was first criminally investigated in the 1970s — was plainly frightened of being arrested. He spent years cultivating officials who might have influence over investigations into him or his company. Trump has a history of emerging from political scandals that would have ruined most traditional politicians.
But Trump slowly found relief in a new routine, playing 36 holes of golf a day and timing his arrival at dinner on the Mar-a-Lago terrace with nightly standing ovations from dues-paying members who were already seated. By June, Trump had again started hosting his signature campaign-style mega-rallies.
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