{"id":2221265,"date":"2024-04-15T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:06:28","slug":"trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump criticizes hush-money case before jury selection, calling it an assault on America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america%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=2221265&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\u200c Donald Trump labeled his \u200dNew York hush-money case as &#8220;political persecution&#8221; and an &#8220;attack on America&#8221; before the start of the\u2062 first criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president. He made his stance clear at the Manhattan Criminal Court,\u200c where he\u2063 faced jury selection for the initial trial among the four\u2064 expected criminal proceedings. Trump strongly criticized the case as \u2062an unprecedented\u200d assault on the nation.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former President Donald Trump called his New York hush-money case \u201cpolitical persecution\u201d and an \u201cattack on America\u201d ahead of the start of proceedings in the first criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday ahead of jury selection for his first of four expected criminal trials. Trump and his legal team are facing off against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged Trump with 34 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> to hide alleged hush-money payments made to the porn actress known as Stormy Daniels in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump assailed the case in comments ahead of the start of proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is an assault on America. Nothing like this has ever happened before,\u201d Trump said. \u201cEvery legal scholar says this case is nonsense, it should never have been brought. \u2026 They\u2019ve said it. People that don\u2019t necessarily follow or like Donald Trump said this was an outrage that this case was brought.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is a political persecution, a persecution like never before. Nobody has ever seen anything like it,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is an assault on America. And that\u2019s why I\u2019m very proud to be here. This is an assault on our country, and it\u2019s a country that\u2019s failing. It\u2019s a country that\u2019s run by an incompetent man who\u2019s very much involved in this case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN \u2014 President Trump addresses reporters ahead of Day 1 of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a persecution like never before. It is an assault on America and that\u2019s why I&#8217;m very proud to be here.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VW0CQKrtMq\">pic.twitter.com\/VW0CQKrtMq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1779866850903339164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump is the presumed Republican nominee for president to face off against President Joe Biden again for the White House in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trial will be overseen by New York Justice Juan Merchan, who has had a tense relationship with the former president. Merchan has \u201cgagged\u201d Trump, or restricted what Trump is allowed to say about the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump was first gagged last month from commenting on potential jurors or members of Bragg\u2019s staff. The judge expanded the gag order on April 1 after Trump criticized the judge and his daughter for her ties to elected Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If convicted, Trump faces potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-clinesmith-altered-an-email-in-the-trump-russia-probe-to-keep-it-going-he-just-received-probation\/\" title=\"Kevin Clinesmith Altered An Email In The Trump-Russia Probe To Keep It Going. He Just Received Probation.\">prison time<\/a>. Each count carries a four-year maximum sentence, though Merchan would have wide latitude in deciding Trump\u2019s sentence, potentially forgoing any prison time, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trumps-trial-new-york-today-hush-money-jury-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBS News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump denounced his New York hush-money case as &#8220;political persecution&#8221; and an &#8220;attack on America&#8221; before the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. 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