Donald Trump accuses 'totally conflicted' hush money trial Judge of 'election interference'
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Former President Donald Trump spoke to reporters outside the courtroom on Tuesday evening, April 30, in New York City, where he aimed at "totally conflicted" Judge Juan Merchan and lashed out at the "Biden trial" for stopping him from campaigning.
"You have a judge who's totally conflicted, totally, absolutely conflicted that he's rushing his case through," Trump told reporters outside of the Manhattan courtroom. "I'll tell you what, somebody just told me they've never sat for such a long period of time in a courthouse before. It's ridiculous. I'm supposed to be in Georgia. I'm supposed to be in New Hampshire, I'm supposed to be in Ohio and lots of other places, and they have me sitting here for a Biden trial. It's a Biden trial."
Donald Trump claims he is doing exactly what the prosecutors want
The former president further added, "I've never seen so many prosecutors. They're all sitting in a room over nothing, over absolutely nothing. There's no crime, there's no anything here." Trump said he was "sitting here because that's exactly what they want," Fox News reported.
Donald Trump alleges the prosecutors don't want him on the campaign
"They don't want me on the campaign trail, but it's a real a real disgrace. And the whole world is watching," the 77-year-old said. "This is a corrupt system we're in, and I think the people are understanding it. If you look at the polls, the people of our country are understanding it."
Donald Trump also aimed the 'witch hunt'
Trump also took aim at the "witch hunt" in an earlier post to Truth Social. "This is a total Witch Hunt. Hours of sitting down and listening to nothing except EXONERATION AND LIES," he wrote.
"The Trial is going like a speeding bullet, because the Judge is working hard to make all of his friends happy. Merchan is Rigged, Crooked, and, above all, and without question, CONFLICTED. It’s a disgrace to our Country — They’ve taken away my Right to Free Speech. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!" he added.
Former lawyer for Stormy Daniels testified in court on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels testified that Michael Cohen missed the first payment deadline and lacked the authority to issue a payment to Stormy Daniels over her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
Dylan Howard, the former chief content officer at American Media Inc. and editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer, urged Daniels's manager to work directly with Cohen after AMI backed out of a deal to purchase Daniels' story.
The manager refused to work with Cohen and insisted that Keith Davidson should deal with him. “The moral of the story is that no one wanted to talk to Cohen,” Davidson testified.
After an agreement of $130,000 between both parties, Davidson said Cohen missed the first payment deadline and repeatedly made excuses for not paying.
During testimony, Davidson said he believed Cohen didn’t have the proper authority to issue the payment. Just weeks before the election, and after the Access Hollywood tape was release, Davidson messaged Cohen with frustration over his failure to make the payment deadline.
When he threatened to pull out of the deal, Cohen responded, "G***amnit, I’ll just do it myself,” according to Davidson.
