Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
- Trump says all criminal trials against him should be halted after assassination attempt.
- He suggests Biden could demonstrate unity by asking the DOJ to drop the charges.
- Some Trump allies have echoed his call for charges to be dropped.
In the wake of an assassination attempt against him, Donald Trump has an idea to unite the country: stop prosecuting him.
The former president's rallying cry that he is a victim of political persecution is only growing louder since a 20-year-old shooter tried to kill him at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Shortly after a Florida judge dismissed the classified documents case against Trump, Trump urged in a post on Truth Social on Monday that all remaining charges against him should be dropped.
"As we move forward in Uniting our Nation after the horrific events on Saturday, this dismissal of the Lawless Indictment in Florida should be just the first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the Witch Hunts," Trump wrote in his post, listing out all the cases he thinks should be dropped.
"The Democrat Justice Department coordinated ALL of these Political Attacks, which are an Election Interference conspiracy against Joe Biden's Political Opponent, ME. Let us come together to END all Weaponization of our Justice System, and Make America Great Again!" he continued on Truth Social.
Trump also suggested to the The New York Post on Sunday that, in light of Saturday's violence, things could be more civil now between his and Joe Biden's presidential campaigns.
Without providing any details, Trump told the Post "we hear" that Biden will order the Department of Justice to drop its criminal cases against Trump.
One of those cases, the Florida classified documents case, was dismissed by a Trump-appointed judge on Monday, though Biden wouldn't have played any role in the federal judge's ruling.
The DOJ has historically operated independently from the executive branch; there's also no indication that Biden has orchestrated the charges against Trump, or that he'd order them to be dropped.
The Biden campaign declined to comment. The White House, the Trump campaign, and the DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Trump's comments reinforce his frequent message that Biden has been personally directing the criminal cases against him, even the ones in state court.
Trump and the GOP have repeatedly alleged, long before Saturday's shooting, that Biden is behind the charges against Trump.
And Trump isn't the only one suggesting he should now be spared from criminal prosecution for the good of the country.
Trump's former national security advisor Robert O'Brien posted a joint statement with Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, urging the charges be dropped.
"We've got to take the political temperature down, as evidenced by what happened in PA today," O'Brien wrote in a post on X. "We call on President Biden to immediately order that all federal criminal charges against President Trump be dropped, and to ask the governors of New York and Georgia to do the same."
"Such a gesture would help heal wounds and allow all Americans to take a deep breath and reflect on how we got here," the statement on X continued. "Our prayers are with the victims of the shooting, President Trump and our country."
Politicians on both sides of the aisle, including Biden, have been calling for peace and unity as Americans are increasingly worried about political violence breaking out.
In an address from the Oval Office on Sunday, Biden urged Americans to remain calm and resolve their political disputes peacefully.
"The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin," the president said. "The path forward, through competing visions of the campaign, should always be resolved peacefully, not through acts of violence."
The president has also ordered an independent investigation into the security at Trump's rally.