Internet mocks Trump as he uses pile of printed news articles to defend himself amid hush money trial

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: In the midst of his ongoing hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump defended himself with a pile of printed news articles outside the Manhattan courtroom on Thursday afternoon.

However, most of his statements were deemed "uncheckable, subjective opinion" by a CNN fact-checker.

“I’m supposed to be in New Hampshire, I’m supposed to be in Georgia, I’m supposed to be in North Carolina, South Carolina, I’m supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but I’m I’ve been here all day on a trial that really isn’t a fair trial,” Trump said while rummaging through individually stapled sets of stories in front of media reporters.

“These are all stories over the last few days from legal experts. This is Wall Street Journal editorial,” the 77-year-old MAGA figurehead continued. “But all of these are stories from legal experts saying how this is not a case. ‘The case is ridiculous.’ There’s another one, ‘The case is ridiculous, Trump indictment, it’s missing fraud, there is no fraud.’”

What did Trump say to reporters regarding his ongoing criminal case?

The 2024 presumptive Republican nominee called his case a “whopping outrage” and maintained that credible sources wrote the news articles, according to a report by The Wrap.

Jonathan Turley and Andrew McCarthy, two well-known Fox News contributors, were cited by Donald Trump as the stories' authors. He also persisted in criticizing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor in charge of his case.

Trump claimed, “All of these stories are stories of how — and these are done by the experts and editorials. Bragg falsified business records, and uh, he falsifies them, he’s the one, he’s the fraud. Take a look; all of these are stories. You see them here.”'

“Even the Rolling Stone — no friend of mine — they don’t like, it says, they don’t like Bragg’s chances on this case, it’s a disgrace,” the former POTUS remarked.

In conclusion, the Ex-Commander-in-Chief said, “The whole world is watching this hoax. You got a DA that’s out of control, you have a judge that’s highly conflicted, the whole thing is a mess. Then you have the leading candidate, the leading crooked Joe Biden — he’s the one that should be on trial. He’s a crook.”

In reaction to Trump's observations, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale pointed out that the majority of his speech was "mostly uncheckable, subjective opinion."

Dale explained, “He did say some things that weren’t quite right. He repeated his false conspiracy theory that, essentially that, Joe Biden is behind this case, which was brought by a locally elected district attorney.”

“He said, ‘Biden is behind it. He has his top people working with the DA’s office making sure everything goes right.’ There is no basis for that. That appears to be a reference to a former Justice Department official who went to work for the DA’s office, but there’s no sign that that was anything but his own employment decision,” the fact-checker argued.

Dale pointed out that the individuals Trump showcased were mostly his regular associates—typical figures who typically praise and defend Trump within conservative media circles.

The trial regarding Donald Trump's alleged attempt to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels quiet about their alleged affair by paying hush money began on April 15.

It is said that he instructed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to carry out the payment, which was falsely logged as legal fees.

The legal proceedings against the former President of the United States are scheduled to resume on Friday at approximately 11:30 am Eastern Time / 8:30 am Pacific Time.

Internet slams Trump 

One X user remarked, "Cry me a river!"

Another user said, "Couldn’t have happened to a better guy. He deserves everything bad coming to him."

Another user claimed, "Trump is a snowflake."

One user wrote, "He should look to his own actions. If he didn’t act like a crime boss, he wouldn’t be sitting in a courtroom like a crime boss."

Another X user quipped, "I thought he said it was an honour [sic] to sit in court because he was doing it for the American people."

Finally, this user tweeted, "Aaaaaw, the career criminal is treated so unfairly. But I thought he was a STRONG leader. All he does is whine that EVERYTHING is so unfair when he's lived his life getting away with gaming the system and committing crimes."

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