Trump gives remarks at MaraLago after arraignment I never thought anything like this could happen

PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday defiantly addressed his supporters at the grand ballroom of his private Mar-a-Lago Club, just hours after hearing the charges against him in court in Manhattan. In his first public remarks since the arraignment, Trump accused the Manhattan District attorney of targeting him as a political vendetta, saying he “never thought that anything like this could happen.” “The only crime that I’ve committed is to fiercely defend our nation,” Trump said, addressing each of the pending investigations against him, in addition to the charges brought in New York. The rambling, 27-minute…