Former President Trump said it’s President Joe Biden who “should be in jail” and “on trial,” while denouncing the accusations against him and saying “the whole world is watching this New York scandal “, as he left the court after the third trial. day of his historic and unprecedented criminal trial.
The former president, shortly after a full jury was selected to hear arguments from his defense attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he sought to make his case, s stood in the courthouse hallway and spoke to the press.
Former President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court with his legal team before the start of jury selection in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP)
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election, had a thick stack of news articles from different news outlets and media organizations.
Trump said “every single one of them” knew this case was “very unfair” and “a very bad thing.”
“The whole world is watching this New York scandal,” he said, calling it a “spectacle.”
“It’s political and it’s a shame, it’s a shame,” he said. “And I’ve been sitting here for days now, from morning to night, in this freezing room – everyone was freezing in there – and all for that.”
The former president blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, calling him “out of control” and said Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case, was “very confrontational.”
“The whole thing is a disaster,” he said.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a photo in his chambers, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in New York. A dozen Manhattan residents will soon be the first Americans to try a former president accused of a crime. Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the secret trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP Photo)
“Joe Biden, he’s the one who should be in jail,” Trump said. “He’s a crook. We have a crooked president. He should be judged for everything he did to his family.”
Trump was apparently referring to the Biden family’s business dealings, which have been the subject of an investigation by House Republicans. These lawmakers launched an impeachment inquiry against Biden.
Hunter Biden is currently under investigation by Special Counsel David Weiss, who has indicted the first son twice, in two separate jurisdictions.
Trump again said Biden “should be judged” but said, “He’s in charge.”
Trump claimed that “senior Biden officials are working here with the DA’s office to make sure everything goes smoothly.”
“But it shouldn’t happen properly because they don’t have any records,” he said. “And that’s what it’s all about.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Trump said that under Biden, the United States “is becoming a third world country, between no borders, no justice and a press that doesn’t want to cover the facts.”
President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Asset, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records. The charges relate to alleged secret payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He described the trial as purely political, “political persecution” and maintains his innocence. The former president is expected to testify at his trial.
“I’m telling the truth,” Trump said last week when asked about his possible testimony.
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Trump is the first president in U.S. history to face a criminal trial.
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