{"id":2220349,"date":"2024-04-13T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-descends-on-pennsylvania-for-final-campaign-rally-before-criminal-trial-begins\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T19:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T23:34:23","slug":"trump-descends-on-pennsylvania-for-final-campaign-rally-before-criminal-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-descends-on-pennsylvania-for-final-campaign-rally-before-criminal-trial-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump holds final rally in Pennsylvania ahead of criminal trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-descends-on-pennsylvania-for-final-campaign-rally-before-criminal-trial-begins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u2063 Donald \u2064Trump visited northeastern Pennsylvania for\u200d his final campaign\u200d rally before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-favorite-michael-avenatti-will-now-represent-himself-at-stormy-daniels-trial\/\" title=\"CNN Favorite Michael Avenatti Will Now Represent Himself At Stormy Daniels Trial\">upcoming criminal trial<\/a>. The event, held in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, attracted a fervent crowd in \u2062the swing state of Pennsylvania. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nine-states-and-d-c-still-have-mask-mandates-in-place\/\" title=\"Nine States and D.C. Still Have Mask Mandates in Place\">facing legal challenges<\/a>, Trump&#8217;s supporters remain\u200d loyal, dismissing\u200c the charges as politically motivated \u200battempts to undermine\u200d his return to the White House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania \u2014 <\/strong>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2965142\/trump-looks-to-win-back-pennsylvania-by-campaigning-in-these-swing-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>arrived in northeastern Pennsylvania<\/a> on Saturday evening for his latest campaign rally, the last before his first criminal trial is set to begin early next week. <\/p>\n<p>Trump will take the stage at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Lehigh County Saturday evening to greet an energized crowd deep in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2965179\/trump-loses-massive-lead-he-built-up-over-biden-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swing state of Pennsylvania<\/a>, which President Joe Biden often considers to be his home turf. Hundreds of supporters gathered throughout the afternoon to hear from the former president, even as jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday for Trump\u2019s hush money case \u2014 marking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2962721\/trump-stuck-in-nyc-court-forced-to-find-creative-ways-to-win-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first criminal trial<\/a> of a former president in U.S. history. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the criminal charges weighing over Trump\u2019s head as he seeks a return to the White House next year, several Republican voters have brushed off the threat \u2014 with many supporters telling the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>even a conviction would not sway their support. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that all these criminal cases are brought against him to interfere in our elections,\u201d said Kim Becker, a resident of Bucks County who attended the rally on Saturday. \u201cBiden knows he\u2019s losing, and he\u2019s using the Department of Justice to weaponize it against President Trump to keep him from winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if a conviction in any of Trump\u2019s four criminal cases would make her reconsider her support, Becker said: \u201cAbsolutely not. Because they\u2019re all bogus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The criminal trial on Monday is centered on allegations Trump orchestrated a \u201ccatch and kill\u201d scheme during the 2016 presidential cycle to identify negative stories about him and pay large sums of money to bury them from public view.<\/p>\n<p>In one instance, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen wired $130,000 to an attorney to be transferred to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual affair. Cohen later pleaded guilty to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-seeks-contempt-charges-against-ex-prosecutor-for-trump-investigation-silence\/\" title=\"Gaetz wants ex-prosecutor held in contempt for staying silent on Trump investigation.\">illegal campaign contribution charge<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-rico-case-and-it-involves-potentially-the-incoming-president-of-the-united-states-assuming-hes-installed-tom-fitton-on-hunter-bidens-criminal-c\/\" title=\"\u201cThis Is a RICO Case and It Involves Potentially the Incoming President of the United States, Assuming He\u2019s Installed\u201d \u2013 Tom Fitton on Hunter Biden\u2019s Criminal Case\">criminal case<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But several supporters have decried the trial as being politically motivated, arguing the charges are not substantiated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of these crimes are made up,\u201d said Edward Young, a Trump supporter from Jersey Shore who was also at the rally. \u201cHe isn\u2019t being prosecuted. He\u2019s being persecuted. And we all know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Trump faces a number of criminal trials over the coming weeks, it may limit the former president\u2019s availability on the campaign trail. However, Trump has frequently fundraised off the charges, accusing his opponents of election interference by attacking the party\u2019s presumptive nominee. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s visit to the state comes less than two weeks before Pennsylvania will hold its primary election on April 23. Pennsylvania has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-state-republicans-lead-democrats-by-six-points-on-generic-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: State Republicans Lead Democrats by Six Points on Generic Ballot\">crucial battleground state<\/a> for November after Trump won the state in 2016 before it flipped back to Biden in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The state is also home to a crucial Senate race, which could determine which party will win the majority of the upper chamber next year. That race will be determined in the state\u2019s primary later this month, although it is expected to be between incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican candidate Dave McCormick.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump landed in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, for his pre-trial campaign event on Saturday. This rally, held at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Lehigh County, is his final one before the impending criminal trial next week. Trump will address a spirited crowd as he gears up for this significant legal challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2220350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102033021080-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102033021080-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}