By: Emily Jacobs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/emily-jacobs
Former President Donald Trump received a hero's welcome during his first outing since claiming he would be arrested and charged by Manhattan prosecutors this Tuesday.
Trump was the personal guest of Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. He sat in an ensconced box with Mullin and Gov. Kevin Stitt, also a Republican. Both men have endorsed the former president in his 2024 reelection bid.
Reporters were largely kept away from the 2024 GOP frontrunner, though he briefly shouted to Tulsa World that there would be "no politics" that evening. That statement was as true as it could be for a presidential candidate doing crowd work with thousands of voters. He did not participate in any fundraisers or deliver a speech, just hours after posting on his Truth Social platform that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office would arrest him this week on charges related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
The 45th president received a standing ovation as he entered the arena, which saw nearly 17,000 fans in attendance for the tournament. Trump was seen shaking hands and posing with the national champions as they left the mat, as well as others in the massive crowd.
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