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Facing down a possible indictment in a Manhattan hush-money probe — in what would be the first charges against a former president in U.S. history — former President Donald Trump is headed to Waco, Texas Saturday evening for the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign.
The central Texas campaign stop comes just days before the 30-year anniversary of a botched government raid in the city that ended in dozens of deaths and lasting anti-government sentiment.
Some extremism experts say that’s exactly why the former president selected Waco for the location of his first major rally, though others argue the deep-red city’s political significance stands independent of its history.
Here’s what we know ahead of the rally:
Thirty years ago, in 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco and were met with gunfire from the occupants.
