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Donald Trump Published March 18, 2023 11:14am EDT

Twitter's Elon Musk predicts Trump

will win re-election in 'landslide
victory' if arrested
Musk predicted a 'landslide victory' if Trump is put in handcuffs

By Adam Shaw Fox News

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday predicted that former President Donald Trump will be
re-elected in a "landslide" if he is indicted – or possibly arrested potentially "handcuffed" --
next week.

"If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory," Musk tweeted.

Musk was reacting to a Fox News segment which detailed how the Manhattan District
Attorney's office has asked for a meeting with law enforcement ahead of a possible Trump
indictment of next week.

According to a court source, the meeting was requested Thursday and hasn't been set.
The meeting is to "discuss logistics for some time next week, which would mean that they
are anticipating an indictment next week," the source familiar with the planning said.
Secret Service is expected to take the lead on what they will allow and won’t allow — for
instance, the decision whether to handcuff Trump t.

TRUMP SAYS ‘ILLEGAL LEAKS’ INDICATE HE'LL BE ARRESTED TUESDAY

The potential indictment stems from the lengthy investigation surrounding Trump's
alleged payment of "hush money" to actress Stormy Daniels Towards the end of the 2016 .

presidential campaign, Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen sent $130,000 to Daniels to

prevent her from disclosing a 2006 affair with Trump. Trump reimbursed Cohen through
installments. The office, led by DA Alvin Bragg, has been investigating the hush money
scandal — which took place in 2016 — for the past five years.

On Saturday morning, Trump posted about the possible indictment on Truth Social,
indicating that he will be "ARRESTED ON TUESDAY."

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion"
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met
Museum/Vogue)

"NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT
CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO
CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY
NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!,"
Trump wrote.

Reached for comment Friday the Manhattan District Attorney's office would neither
,

"confirm or comment" on the impending indictment.

The potential for an indictment re-sparked conversation online about how it could affect
Trump’s 2024 White House bid, and renewed claims from Trump allies that the probe was
politically motivated.

"It’sALL FOR POLITICS! This is what they do in communists countries to destroy their
political opponents! Republicans in Congress MUST subpoena these communists and
END this!" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., tweeted.

MANHATTAN DA'S OFFICE ‘ASKED FOR A MEETING’ WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AHEAD
OF POSSIBLE TRUMP INDICTMENT

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a vocal Trump opponent, fired back: "You break the law, you
go to jail. Whomp whomp marj."

Author Scott Adams shared Musk’s sentiment that the indictment could boost Trump’s
election chances.

NEW YORK PROSECUTORS SIGNAL TRUMP MAY FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FROM
STORMY DANIELS SCANDAL

"If they handcuff Trump, he is your next president," he said.

Others weren’t so sure. Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent noted that there had
been similar predictions of scandals boosting Trump that had failed to pan out.

"Yet again we're told holding Trump accountable for corruption/crimes will lead to GOP
victories. But this hasn't happened. People said impeachment would cause backlash, but
he lost reelex," he said. "People said 1/6 committee would cause backlash, but Rs
dramatically underperformed in 2022."

Fox News' Chris Pandolo, Marta Dhanis, Adam Sabes, and Brandon Gillespie contributed
to this report.

Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border
security.

He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter .

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