Trump says charges against him opened "Pandora's box"

• Trump on Wednesday said President Biden should urge prosecutors to stop the proceedings "before it is too late for him and the rest of the Country," per the Truth Social post.
• "To ALL Democrats, be careful what you wish for," Trump wrote.

The big picture: Trump has repeatedly derided the legal cases against him as politically motivated and has seized on them as part of his campaign for a second presidential term.

• The former president and GOP frontrunner has sought to delay many of the trial proceedings until after the 2024 election, to potentially avoid penalties.

Zoom in: Trump's immediate focuses if elected are likely to be the Department of Justice, FBI and intelligence community, Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen reported from the former president's own words and his insiders.

• He'd be willing to use these agencies against his political enemies, who he feels have unfairly investigated and targeted him, per the insiders and his statements.
• The former president said in June that he would "appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family," the New York Times reported.

Between the lines: Trump, whose court calendar has overlapped with his presidential campaign, also wrote Wednesday that he has been "forced to campaign from inside a courthouse."

• Trump voluntarily turned up at the Manhattan courthouse for his ongoing New York civil fraud trial on multiple occasions.

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