Trump threatens Zuckerberg with life in prison – Politico

Report on new book says that in it the Republican candidate warns the Meta CEO against interfering in the upcoming election

Former US President Donald Trump has accused Mark Zuckerberg of plotting against him during the 2020 election and has warned the Meta CEO against doing it again in the vote this November, according to an excerpt from his soon-to-be released book seen by Politico.

In his new book, titled ‘Save America’ and set to be published next week, Trump includes an undated photograph of himself meeting with Zuckerberg in the White House when he was president. 

Under the photo Trump wrote a caption stating that the Meta chief “would come to the Oval Office to see me. He would bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be, while always plotting to install shameful Lock Boxes in a true plot against the president.” 

Trump, Politico’s report says, appears to be referring to a $420-million contribution that Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan made during the 2020 presidential election, to fund election infrastructure.

The former president went on to claim that Zuckerberg had told him at the time that there was “nobody like Trump on Facebook” but at the same time had “steered it against me.”

“We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison – as will others who cheat in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Trump reportedly warns in the book.

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The excerpt examined by Politico follows similar statements made by Trump in the past. In July, the Republican presidential candidate also wrote on his Truth Social platform that, if elected, he would pursue “election fraudsters at levels never seen before” and would send them to prison for “long periods of time.”

“We already know who you are. Don’t do it! Zuckerbucks, be careful,” Trump wrote.

While Meta has not commented on the former president’s allegations and warnings, earlier this week Zuckerberg sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, confessing that senior officials from US President Joe Biden’s administration had “repeatedly pressured” Facebook to “censor” Covid-19 content back in 2021.

The Meta CEO noted in the letter that he believed that “government pressure was wrong” and expressed regret for not speaking out about it at the time. 

Zuckerberg went on to declare that he will no longer compromise Facebook’s content standards due to pressure “from any administration in either direction” and will “push back if something like this happens again,” and will remain politically “neutral” ahead of the November election.