Trump warns of ‘bedlam’ if criminal cases bar him from White House

Ex-president and Republican frontrunner claims he is victim of political persecution in remarks after court hearing in Washington

There will be bedlam" in the US if criminal cases deny Donald Trump a White House return, said the former president who incited the deadly January 6 attack on Congress but who is the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination this year.

I think they feel this is the way they're going to try and win, and that's not the way it goes," Trump told reporters, referring to Joe Biden and Democrats, after a court hearing in Washington DC on Tuesday.