Former President Trump criticized New York’s judicial system in comments ahead of Monday’s court appearance and emphasized 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. He added, “I love this state. I love the people. 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 Trump speaks to the media as he leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. (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.
A courtroom sketch of Michael Cohen testifying in former President Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan state court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Trump has maintained his innocence and maintained his innocence in the case.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers said last week that they planned to finish questioning Mr. Cohen early Monday morning. Closing arguments could begin as early as Tuesday.
Former President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen leaves a Manhattan courthouse after testifying before a grand jury on March 15, 2023. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
President Trump’s remarks Monday morning included laments that he was unable to fulfill his campaign obligations because the court started earlier than usual at 8:45 a.m., instead of the usual 9:30 a.m. was included.
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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 very 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 it probably wasn’t even 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.
Signs from the Trump rally in Wildwood declare the historically blue state of New Jersey “Trump Country.” (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
Mr. Trump is required to appear in court four days a week, unless Presiding Judge Juan Marchan grants a rare exception, such as Friday, when he attended his son Barron’s high school graduation. almost kept away from.
President Trump has canceled campaign activities several times since last month, including holding a historic rally in deep blue New Jersey. At least 80,000 supporters joined President Trump in a rally on Wildwood Beach last weekend.
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Former President 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.
