During a campaign stop in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday evening, former President Trump said the criminal trials were having a “counterproductive effect” and said he would work with Democratic mayors and governors if re-elected. He vowed to fix New York. White House.
President Trump visited an upper Manhattan warehouse on Tuesday evening after spending hours in a downtown New York City courtroom for the second day of his criminal trial on charges filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stops by the Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., on April 16, 2024, during a campaign campaign. (Reuters/Adam Gray)
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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him.
But after sitting in court for more than eight hours for jury selection, Trump made a campaign stop at the Sanaa convenience store in upper Manhattan on Tuesday evening. The large crowd that greeted President Trump chanted, “Trump, Trump, Trump,” “Four more years,” and “We love Trump.” The crowd was singing the national anthem.
Donald Trump visits a Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood after spending the second day of his trial on charges of concealing hush money payments related to an affair in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, April 16, 2024. Former president. President Trump said on April 15, 2024, there is a “huge problem” with the judge who handles criminal cases in New York and said he should be on the campaign trail, not in the courtroom. President Trump spoke to reporters outside a Manhattan courtroom after jury selection concluded that day in his “hush money” trial, one of four separate criminal cases he is facing. “We won’t get a fair trial,” he said. (Photo by KENA BETANSUR/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump slammed the trial and the charges against him, calling it “fraud,” “all political,” and “coming out of the state.” [Biden] White House. ”
“I’ll be campaigning locally, and that’s fine,” Trump said. “I think it’s working against us because we’re doing better now than we’ve ever done before.”
“We’re going to intervene. First of all, we have to stop crime. And we’re going to let the police do that job. We have to give the police back the power. They have to stop crime. “We need to be able to do our jobs,” Trump said. “And we’re going to go into New York. We’re going to make big plays for New York and other cities as well. But this city, I love this city.”
President Trump said New York has gotten “much worse over the last three, four years.”
“And we’re going to fix New York. So if I run for president, we’re going to hit New York hard. We’re going to win New York,” Trump said.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stops by the Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., on April 16, 2024, during a campaign campaign. (Reuters/Adam Gray)
“Half a million immigrants are going to be brought in to take over the parks, they’re going to take over the hotels, they’re going to take over everything,” Trump said.
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“They destroyed so many people. The African American community is now not getting jobs. Immigrants are taking jobs that are in the country illegally. Hispanic people are taking jobs,” Trump said. They’re not getting jobs. Immigrants are taking jobs.” “If you look at the unemployment rate, the unemployment rate is good for immigrants. Now it’s up 10%. All immigrants. And they’re in our country now. They’re coming from prison. I don’t know where you know.’ They’re coming from a mental hospital. They come from places you don’t want to know about. ”
President Trump returned to the historic criminal trial, again calling it a “Biden trial.”
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stops by the Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., on April 16, 2024, during a campaign campaign. (Reuters/Adam Gray)
“They’re trying to keep me out of the campaign,” Trump said. “But given what I’m doing, I think there’s more press here than there would be if I were to go out anywhere.” [other] position. ”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Tuesday. A judge is working to find a jury to decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges that he allegedly falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
“Police must be able to do their job,” President Trump said, referring to law enforcement.
“New York police are great. They have to be able to do their job. They have to protect these people,” President Trump said.
Regarding crime in New York City, President Trump said, “It’s Alvin Bragg’s fault. Alvin Bragg did nothing. “They know there are hundreds of murders across New York.” they know who they are. They don’t go after Trump. ”
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stops by the Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., on April 16, 2024, during a campaign campaign. (Reuters/Adam Gray)
He added, “The people of New York won’t accept it. That’s why they’ll vote for Trump.”
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The bodega that President Trump visited became known as the “Jose Alba Bodega” after the July 2022 incident. Mr. Bragg charged Alba with second-degree murder. Alba was working at the bodega when she was attacked behind the counter by Austin Simon, who was seen on surveillance video first coming behind the cashier’s desk and attacking him. Despite claiming self-defense, Alba was sent to Rikers Island Jail and initially given bail of $250,000.
Mr Bragg’s office faced widespread criticism at the time for prosecuting Mr Alba, with footage showing him picking up a knife and stabbing his assailant to death only after he was first attacked. strongly suggested.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stops by the Sanaa convenience store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., on April 16, 2024, during a campaign campaign. (Reuters/Adam Gray)
Among many other supporters, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former NYPD Chief of Police Bill Bratton have expressed their support for Alba’s efforts to either take his own life or stop what appears to be a robbery in progress. He publicly denounced the initial decision to prosecute, saying he acted in self-defense. .
Bragg ultimately dropped the murder charge on July 19, 2022.
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President Trump’s visit came after he spent a second day in court for jury selection. Seven jurors were selected.The court is scheduled to reconvene Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Mr. Bragg indicted Mr. Trump on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains there was no crime and there should be no trial.
