House agitators turned out in droves Thursday to support former President Donald Trump as he faces his 18th day in a Manhattan courtroom.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Michael Walz (R-FL), Rep. Andy Ogles (R- (Tennessee), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Bob Good (R-VA) , Mike Walz (R-FL), Diana Hershberger (R-TN), and Michael Cloud (R-TX) joined Trump. The court is scheduled to hear continued testimony from former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Thursday.
“We’ve got a lot of congressmen and a few senators sitting out today, and they’re all up in arms about this. It’s unbelievable. Pretty much,” President Trump told reporters outside the courtroom Thursday. There are a number of members of Congress,” he said.
“This is so unfair. I want to go to the different states where I should be campaigning like everyone else. This is a trial for Biden. This is all coming out of the White House and the Department of Justice. “This is what it’s all about,” he said, apparently referring to prosecutor Matt Colangelo, who worked at the Justice Department before joining the prosecutor’s office. He pointed to it and said. “So Biden’s office is running this trial. This trial is a fraud and a sham.”
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Matt listens as former US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his trial on charges of concealing hush money payments related to an extramarital affair in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 16, 2024. Congressman Gaetz (Republican of Florida).Angela Weiss/Pool via Reuters (Reuters)
The House members who gathered in the courtroom on Thursday followed other prominent Republicans and politicians who joined in support of President Trump in a Manhattan courtroom earlier this week. On Tuesday, the 45th president was joined by former 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Congressman Byron Donald, Florida Congressman Cory Mills and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Meanwhile, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama also joined Mr. Trump on Monday.
Trump campaign officials told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that all of the political allies had volunteered to attend Trump’s courtroom in support of a friend and were not invited by the campaign.
Trump’s defense team will continue cross-examining Cohen on Thursday. The lawsuit seeks to prove that Trump falsified business records 34 times to cover up former porn star Stormy Daniels’ claims that she had an affair with him prior to the 2016 election. The focus is on the prosecution team.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for his trial on charges of concealing hush money payments related to an extramarital affair at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, May 16, 2024. Trump’s lawyers continue to cross-examine Michael Cohen. , Former President Angela Weiss/Key Witness in Poole’s Criminal Trial, via Reuters (Reuters)
Michael Cohen returns as final witness in New York Ag Bragg’s Trump criminal prosecution
Trump has maintained his innocence and maintained his innocence in the case.
Michael Cohen, the prosecutor in state court in Manhattan, New York, faces Trump’s criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records to hide money he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Emil Bove watch as he is interrogated by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger. York City, USA, May 14, 2024 Courtroom Sketches. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Mr. Cohen’s testimony, which began with a barrage of questions from the prosecution team on Monday, included statements that he made payments to Mr. Daniels in 2016 using personal funds through a home equity line of credit. Cohen testified that he did so because President Trump told him to “deal with it” because the story could damage his campaign.
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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)
Cohen said the payment was “refunded in the amount of $420,000,” said the amount was “grossly increased” to prevent loss to taxes, and claimed President Trump knew the details of the payment. did. The check itself said “retainer,” but Cohen said this was a false statement.
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Bullet Blade and Stormy Daniels attend the 2024 Adult Video News Awards at Resorts World Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
On Wednesday, Robert Costello, a lawyer who previously advised Cohen, testified before Congress that Cohen is a serial liar.Costello testifies before Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg grand jury Trump recalled an exchange he had with Cohen in March, before he was indicted.
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Costello said that during the meeting, Cohen told him that he handled the payments to Stormy Daniels “himself” and that he did not receive any money from Trump for the arrangement.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
