Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance summed up the ongoing New York v. Trump trial as an effort by Democrats to distract from the fact that “the world is on fire” under the Biden administration.
“This is about the fact that President Joe Biden has had a failed record as commander-in-chief and leader of this country, and Democrats can’t talk about that. So what they’re doing is , to bring these trials out into the open and say, “Focus on this, not the fact that the world is on fire or that we’re getting poorer under President Joe Biden.” He spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. His comments came as wars continue to escalate in the Middle East and Ukraine and anti-Israel agitators hold protests on college campuses across the United States.
Donald Trump’s trial begins its 16th day in court on Monday, with the 45th president’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen expected to take the stand.
The case revolves around allegations of falsification of business records. Prosecutors allege that Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to silence her claims about an alleged extramarital sexual encounter with President Trump. Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently recorded the payments as legal fees, alleging that Trump falsified records to commit or conceal a second crime. Proof is in progress.
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Former President Trump welcomes Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance to the stage during a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on September 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tom E. Pasker)
Trump has maintained his innocence in the case.
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Daniels took the stand last week and detailed that he met Trump during a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2006. She claimed the two had sex in Trump’s hotel room during the event, which Trump has repeatedly denied in public comments. Daniels’ testimony included telling the court how she got into the porn industry after working as an exotic dancer as a teenager.
Former President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is scheduled to testify Monday. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Legal experts argue that Daniels’ testimony was irrelevant to the case and should not have been entered into the record. Trump’s lawyers twice filed for a miscarriage of justice, which was overruled by Chief Judge Juan Mercian.
Vance reiterated on CNN that Trump is not on trial for sexual indiscretion, despite the sordid details arising from Daniels’ testimony.
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Former President Donald Trump watches as defendant Stormy Daniels is questioned by defense attorney Susan Necheres in Manhattan state court in New York City on May 9, 2024. This courtroom sketch was taken on May 9, 2024. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
“Donald Trump is not on trial for sexual indiscretion. This is a sham trial that says his wrongdoing was that he broke the law, that he committed a crime. You can’t put someone in jail during a trial because you think he did something wrong 10 years ago. So I think we need to separate these discussions from the actual criminal trial, which in my opinion is trying to interfere in a presidential election,” he told host Dana Bash. .
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Following the discovery of the infamous “Access Hollywood” video before the 2016 election, Vance, who had previously criticized Trump, filed a lawsuit against Trump because he is a former president. said that they should not be treated specially. He claimed that Trump was “being treated differently.”
District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference on March 7, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“The only thing New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg thinks Donald Trump did wrong is that he is running for president in 2024 and appears to be on the verge of winning.” said. “That’s all this ultimately is about. When you look at the underlying arguments in this case, they can’t even identify what Donald Trump did. They think he committed a document violation for a crime. But they won’t even identify the crimes he allegedly committed, and they have to look at all these attacks on Donald Trump and say, “This isn’t about the law.” I think there is. It’s not about justice. ”
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Senator J.D. Vance attends a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on June 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Trump continued to speak to the media and post on Truth Social during the trial, addressing a range of issues including ongoing anti-Israel protests on college campuses, calling the trial a “fraud” promoted by Biden. he accused. The government is facing elections in 2024.
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A CNN panel recently agreed that the gag order imposed on former President Trump during his trial in New York should also apply to other trial witnesses. (Win McNamee/Pool, via Reuters)
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“This witch hunt is a false ancient history that was judged entirely by voters in the 2016 presidential election. It has nothing to do with election interference, and there’s no way crooked Joe Biden could do it alone. They’re just trying to help him get elected.” This is a vicious attack on me, a political opponent of Biden, by Soros-backed Attorney General Alvin Bragg, in close coordination with the Justice Department and the White House. It is an attack that is illegal, unconstitutional, and technically the third country in the world! ” he wrote in Truth Social last week.
