Donald Trump ranted angrily at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and others in remarks on Monday made outside the courthouse where his hush money trial is currently underway.
The court session on Monday ended early to allow a juror to go to the dentist. Following the session, Trump once again insisted that he’s “completely innocent” in a case where he’s facing over 30 charges related to a hush money payment to adult film actress adjournedto cover up an alleged affair. Stormy Daniels Bragg claims that Trump tampered with business records to hide the payment, but the former president denies any wrongdoing. On Monday, Trump stated that his payment to former lawyer
Michael Cohen was simply a “legal expense.” “They classified a payment to a lawyer as a legal expense in the records. They didn’t label it as construction. They didn’t say it was for building a structure,” Trump said. “It was designated as a payment to a lawyer because, as you know, [Michael] Cohen is a lawyer. He represented a lot of people over the years. I’m not the only one. And [he] wasn’t very good in many ways in terms of his representation, but he represented a lot of people.”
Cohen alleges that Trump was fully aware of the reasons behind the payment to Daniels. Cohen, who is now a disbarred lawyer after pleading guilty to bank fraud and other charges, claimed on Monday that his charges have “nothing to do” with Trump.
Trump once again argued that the Manhattan trial is election interference that is preventing him from campaigning.
“I should be in Georgia right now. I should be in Florida right now. I should be in a lot of places campaigning right now. Instead I’m sitting here, and this trial will continue for a very long time. It’s highly unfair,” he said.
Trump further mentioned, “People in the court just said to me, I can’t believe it.”
The former president asserted that this supposed strategy to keep him tied up in court is actually benefiting him.
“This is a Biden witch hunt to keep me off the campaign trail. So far it’s not working because my poll numbers are higher than they’ve ever been,” he said.
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Donald Trump ranted at Alvin Bragg and others in remarks on Monday made outside the courthouse where his hush money trial is currently ongoing.
