Former President Donald Trump set to visit Black Hills for GOP rally in September

Former President Donald Trump will be visiting the Black Hills this September as an invited guest of the South Dakota Republican Party.

The front-runner in the Republican Presidential primary race will speak in-person at the Monumental Leaders Rally scheduled for Sept. 8 at the Monument in Rapid City, according a tweet from the SD GOP on Wednesday.

The Monumental Leaders Dinner had originally been scheduled for Friday, but in an email sent by GOP Chairman John Wiik on July 13, the dinner and following state central meeting had been postponed.

"This adjustment will allow us to secure a highly distinguished guest speaker who will undoubtedly provide a new level of excitement and success for the SDGOP," according to the email.

The announcement comes a day after Trump said he had received a letter notifying him that he was the subject of a federal investigation related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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In a letter sent by special counsel Jack Smith, the DOJ prosecutor investigating Trump, Trump wrote Smith was "giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment."

Trump has already been indicted twice this year on different charges in different jurisdictions. Trump pleaded not guilty in June to 37 counts of allegedly having classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home and violating the federal Espionage Act. The former president was also indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in March for allegedly falsifying business records in a hush money case to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels. He pleaded not guilty in that case as well.

It's the first time since 2020 that Trump has returned in person to the Mount Rushmore state. He was the guest of honor during the annual Fourth of July celebrations at Mount Rushmore National Memorial and spoke to the crowd gathered. His visit was overshadowed with protests in Keystone hours before he arrived. More than a dozen people were arrested at the protest where the National Guard was deployed and pepper spray was used.

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During Gov. Kristi Noem's re-election campaign last November, Trump also sent a video message of support that was played at a pre-election event in Rapid City.

It's unclear if Trump will use this as a campaign stop or to rally up support among the GOP ahead of the state central meeting. Request for comment were not returned by the Trump campaign.

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Donald Trump to speak in Rapid City as part of SD GOP rally in September