Trump blasts judge and DA Alvin Bragg and says the ‘Fake Biden trial’ could have started years ago on the eve of Stormy Daniels hush money payment case slated to begin MONDAY in New York City
Donald Trump is once again furious over his hush money trial set to begin tomorrow after failing to get it postponed.
The ex-president accused Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of using the “Fake Biden Trial” to derail his campaign.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying company records to cover up his hush money payments to women he had affairs with, including prostitutes. The most notable is porn star Stormy Daniels, who Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen paid $130,000 in 2016 to deny that their alleged affair had taken place.
Trump posted without evidence on his “Truth Social” site on Sunday that his lawyers were not given enough time to review evidence before the trial.
“Judge Juan Merchan, perhaps the most conflicted judge in New York State history, gave us only a brief period to read and study hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that District Attorney Alvin Bragg illegally hid, disguised, and held us back. ‘ Trump wrote.
Donald Trump is once again furious over his hush money trial set to begin tomorrow after failing to get it postponed
The hush money case involves $130,000 paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records to cover up the payment to keep her quiet
“Of course, and as the judge knows, we need a lot more time.”
Trump then claimed that Bragg worked in “close coordination” with the White House on the timing of the trial in an effort to damage his campaign.
“They could have started this bogus Biden trial many years ago, not in the middle of my campaign for president, and time wouldn’t have been an issue,” he wrote.
“This is a blatant and unprecedented attack on Crooked Joe Biden’s political opponent (who is leading in every poll!), carried out in close coordination with the White House, that must not be allowed to continue!”
Trump is not leading in every poll, as President Joe Biden is leading in numerous national and swing state surveys, although Trump is leading in more polls.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is leading the case against Trump
Former President Donald Trump has dismissed the criminal case against him in New York just days before the trial is due to start. The ex-president told the crowd that it is a “badge of honor” to be indicted
The former president also vented against the hush money case against him during a meeting Pennsylvania on Saturday, just days before he becomes the first former president in American history to stand trial on criminal charges.
“In two days, the whole world will witness the beginning of the first-ever Biden trial,” he told a rancorous crowd of supporters.
‘I am proud that I can do this for you. Have fun watching, have fun watching.”
The 77-year-old former president was in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, outside Allentown, where he rambled for about an hour on a wide range of topics, from the border to emphasizing “I’m popular!”
It was his last meeting before the start of the hush money trial in New York. Jury selection begins on Monday.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying company records. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
“On Monday in New York City I will be forced to sit in a completely gagged position, not allowed to speak,” Trump claimed a day after saying he would testify.
The ex-president went after the president and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case.
“This is by far the weakest criminal case I have ever seen in my 60 years,” Trump, 77, said. ‘There’s nothing here at all. There is no crime involved. There is no crime, there is no federal crime.”
Trump denounced the trial that was coming as he ran for president.
It is the first of four criminal cases against Trump that could start this year as he makes his third bid for the White House.
Supporters who waited in line for hours on Saturday to attend the ex-president’s rally echoed some of Trump’s own statements on the matter.
Several people waiting in line told DailyMail.com that the criminal case was a “witch hunt” orchestrated by “corrupt” Democrats, and dismissed concerns that Trump would be convicted while running for president.
“I am absolutely disgusted with our criminal justice system,” said Courtney Bracken, 46, who was at the rally with her son and also said she was at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The line of supporters waited outside Trump’s rally in Schnecksville on April 13. Hundreds of supporters waited in line for hours for the ex-president’s remarks at the Schnecksville Fire Hall
Trump supporters ahead of his campaign rally in Schnecksville, PA on April 13
“I honestly think the Democrats are making a mockery of our criminal justice system. “I think in the end, after all the appeals, President Trump will be found not guilty,” she said.
“I think it’s just a roadblock. These are frivolous cases,” Michael Mann, 61, said at Saturday’s meeting. ‘I don’t think he will be convicted. He’ll figure it out.’
Trump himself said on Friday that he would testify in the hush money case.
‘It’s a scam. It’s a scam. That’s not a process. That is not a process,” Trump also said on Friday.
A new The New York Times/Siena A poll on Saturday found that a majority of registered voters believe the accusations Trump has falsified related to the hush money payments are very serious or somewhat serious.
Only 22 percent said they were not serious at all.
The charges were divided along partisan lines. 43 percent of Republicans said the allegations related to hush money payments were not serious at all.
46 percent of registered voters said they believe Trump should be found guilty in the case. 36 percent said he shouldn’t. 71 percent of Republicans said this should not happen.
Trump told supporters at his rally to “have fun watching” as he calls off the hush-money case against him that starts with jury selection in New York on Monday
While only the hush money case has a set trial start date so far, the criminal cases against Trump could keep him off the campaign trail for a significant amount of time in the run-up to the election.
Trump’s campaign said it will take full advantage of days off on Wednesdays and over the weekend, and the ex-president will also continue to get his message across with in-person and virtual events.
They argue that the court appearances and charges have backfired for Democrats and Biden, and expect this case to be no different.
“Joe Biden and the Democrats’ entire strategy to defeat President Trump is to keep him away from campaigns by locking him in a courtroom,” National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“President Trump will continue to fight for the truth in court and share his winning message during his campaign,” she said.
Trump is expected to hold in-person and virtual campaign events around the trial schedule. His campaign claims the court appearances and indictments are backfiring on Democrats
Pennsylvania is one of the biggest battlegrounds of 2024. Biden won the state by more than 80,000 votes in 2020, after Trump won the state by fewer than 45,000 votes in 2016.
Ahead of Trump’s visit, supporters lined the roads around Schnecksville, waving Trump flags and holding signs.
DailyMail.com observed one person holding a Biden sign on the side of the road near the rally, and another person waiting just ahead to greet the motorcade with a “Trump in Jail 2024” sign.
Ahead of the ex-president’s visit, the state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, issued a statement on behalf of the Biden campaign about Trump’s visit to the state, criticizing him over the issue of abortion and reversal of Roe v Wade.
“Pennsylvanians want a president who will fight for us and protect our freedom – not the chaos and extremism that Donald Trump wants to bring to our communities,” he said.