Former President Donald Trump criticized New York’s judicial system in comments ahead of Monday’s court appearance, stressing that he believes he can win the historically blue Empire State this election cycle.
“The criminal justice system is on trial in New York,” President Trump read an excerpt from legal expert and attorney Alan Dershowitz on Monday morning. Trump also said Monday morning, “I love this state. I love the people of this state. I’m running hard in New York.”
“I think we’ll beat New York,” he said.
President Trump also cited other lawsuits he has faced in the state, calling the court system “corrupt.”
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media after leaving the court during his trial on charges of concealing hush money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 22, 2024. (Brendan McDiarmid Pool/Getty Images)
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President Trump is back in Manhattan for his 19th day in court, with his former lawyer Michael Cohen facing continued cross-examination. The lawsuit alleges that before the 2016 election, President Trump had his business records 34 times to hide the $130,000 he paid former porn star Stormy Daniels to hush up allegations of an affair with Trump. It focuses on the prosecution team trying to prove that the story was tampered with.
On May 14, 2024, in Manhattan State Court in New York City, USA, former Donald Trump was charged with falsifying business records to conceal funds he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Michael Cohen testified at the president’s criminal trial. This courtroom sketch was taken on May 14, 2024. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Trump has maintained his innocence and maintained his innocence in the case.
Mr. Trump’s legal team said last week that it planned to finish questioning Mr. Cohen early Monday morning. Closing arguments could begin as early as Tuesday.
Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen leaves a Manhattan courthouse after testifying before a grand jury in New York, USA, on March 15, 2023. ((Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency, Getty Images))
President Trump’s remarks Monday morning included campaign obligations due to an earlier court start time (8:45 a.m., compared to the usual 9:30 a.m. start time). It contained content that lamented things that could not be accomplished.
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“I’m here on behalf of campaigning. As you know, my condition this morning should have been very different, but the judge actually decided to issue an early verdict. Still, we… But I’m here about an hour early today, and I was scheduled to give a speech for a political purpose. It’s so unfair because I’ve been sitting in a very freezing cold courtroom for the last four weeks,” President Trump said.
President Trump also once again condemned the incident as a political attack against him by the Biden administration.
“That’s an attack [President Biden’s] Political enemy. That’s all. Everything you’ve seen over the past four weeks, most of which shouldn’t even have been talked about. Besides, there is no crime. And we continue every day. And I have to go to Iowa and say, “Sorry, I can’t go.” I said to New Hampshire, “Sorry, I can’t go.” It sits in an icebox all day,” he said.
A sign at the Trump rally in Wildwood proclaims the historically blue state of New Jersey “Trump Country.” (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
The 45th president is required to appear in court four days a week, unless Chief Judge Juan Mercian grants rare exceptions, such as Friday, when Trump attended his son Barron’s high school graduation. , has been kept away from campaigning for most of the time during the trial. . President Trump has canceled his campaign several times since last month, including holding a historic rally in deep blue New Jersey. At least 80,000 supporters rallied with Mr. Trump on the Wildwood beach last weekend.
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump departs from a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The next rally will be held in the Bronx, another historically deep blue neighborhood, and will be the first rally in New York since 2016. It has also repeatedly surfaced that President Trump will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan ahead of his election.
