Former President Donald Trump Faces Landmark Trial in New York Starting This Week: All You Need to Know

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  • Source: Wayne Dupree
  • 04/14/2024
On Saturday, former President Donald Trump criticized New York officials for the criminal hush money case they brought against him at his last gathering. On Monday, he said, the "communist show trial" would begin.

"I will have to sit with my mouth gagged." You can not let me talk. You can not talk about possible witnesses or juries in public, but you can talk about the judge or lawyers, Trump said.

Trump told a crowd in northeast Pennsylvania, "I am proud to do it for you." "Enjoy watching."

Trump spoke while Israel was defending itself against an Iranian drone attack that could have turned into a Middle East war. Trump first briefly talked about the attack, which he said would not have happened if he were president. Then he went on a long rant about his court problems.

He went after Judge Juan M. Merchan, whom he called "corrupt," and District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He said that Democrats were trying to stop him from going back to the White House.

There is a lot of legal and political chaos right now because Trump is facing four different criminal investigations while also running to get back at President Joe Biden for losing the election.

Monday is the start of the jury selection process in his trial in New York. He is accused of trying to hide stories about sexual affairs by setting up hush money payments during his 2016 campaign.

There has never been a trial of a former U.S. president before. But Trump is expected to talk to the media a lot after court, and he has been using the criminal charges he faces to raise money and campaign for months. This will make him less available on the campaign trail.

For Trump's speech at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Lehigh County, there was a big line outside three hours before the event. That was Trump's third trip to the important swing state this year; the winner of the presidential race could depend on it. He also wants to go to a fundraiser in Bucks County, which is close by, before the event.

Pennsylvania is a key target in the repeat between Trump and Biden, and both candidates plan to make many trips there until November. In 2016, Trump turned the state red to blue, but Biden beat him four years later. Biden was born in the northeast city of Scranton and has talked a lot about his roots there. Biden is going to give a big speech on tax fairness in Scranton on Tuesday.

Bob Dippel, who is 69 years old, quit after running several small businesses as their CFO. He said that the future trial "would not matter too much" to independent voters because the court system is being "made fun of."

Trump has said he will lose the 2020 race, but Biden says these lies are harmful to the country. He has said that Trump is a major threat to freedom and U.S. relationships abroad, which Trump has said also applies to Biden.

It will be the biggest win in history for us because we are working to save our democracy and Joe Biden is a crazy tyrant, Trump said.

With its attack on Israel, Iran seems to be responding to a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus that killed 12 people. This may bring foreign policy and the Middle East back to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

Israel has promised to fight Iran directly if it attacks from its own land, so this was the first time Iran began a direct military attack on Israel.

Trump had just before Saturday said that Israel needed to "finish up" its attack in Gaza and warned that the country was "absolutely losing the PR war" as the number of deaths and pictures of widespread damage rose. Militants attacked on October 7 and killed about 1,200 people and took 250 hostages. This is why Israeli troops are going after Hamas.

"Enough with this violence! Let us return to peace and stop killing people." This month, Trump talked to the right radio host Hugh Hewitt and said, "That is a very simple statement." "They need to do it." We need to get this over with quickly so that things can return to normal and peace.

Trump recently said that Democratic voters who support Israel should vote for him instead of Biden because Biden has said bad things about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war against Hamas. On Wednesday, the Republican said, "Any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat or Biden should have their head examined."

During his time in office, he moved the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and helped Israel and several Arab states get along again by negotiating a set of deals called the Abraham Accords. He pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran that Barack Obama had arranged. Israel was happy about this.

Under the terms of the deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear program and let inspectors look at it. Trump said it was too nice to Iran, but people who supported the deal said it was the best way to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons.





 

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