Donald Trump gains support as he claims hush money trial is 'proving' to be lawfare against him

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: The prosecutors in the costly and highly publicized hush money trial are "proving" Donald Trump's claim that the legal system is being used against him, said the former president. 

"'This is becoming a three-card Monte game on: Where is the crime?' Smart guy. Where's the crime?" Trump said on Thursday, May 30, outside the Manhattan courtroom, reading insight from Fox News contributor and legal scholar Jonathan Turley before reading excerpts from other experts.

"Mike Davis: 'The U.S. would sanction a country for doing this.' I think that's good. I think that's good. Steve Hilton: 'It seems that every single day these proceedings go on, the judge or the prosecutor just go out of their way to prove Trump's point,'" he added.

Donald Trump says the hush money trial is 'proving' his point

After reading the excerpt, Trump continued, "…They are proving my point when you think. That's why I write some of these things that are very sad."

The 77-year-old has continuously termed the case a "sham" and accused the presiding judge, Juan Merchan, of being "corrupt" and "conflicted," seemingly alluding to the judge's Democratic Party ties. Besides, Trump decried the case as "lawfare" supported by the Biden administration in an attempt to undermine his chances of winning the 2024 presidential contest.

The business mogul is back in court on Thursday as the jury continues deliberations regarding whether Trump is guilty of falsifying 34 business records.

Prosecutors worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former adult actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to quiet her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. 

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied an affair with Daniels. 

Donald Trump claims the hush money trial has cost the city 'millions' 

Trump has mentioned several times during the trial that the security surrounding it has kept most people from entering the courthouse within blocks, a point he brought up once more on Thursday when he bemoaned the trial's "million dollar" cost to the city.

"It's a disgrace. The millions and millions of dollars that are spent daily on this case. Outside, it looks like it's Fort Knox … I've never seen so many policemen. Now, with Columbia University, you can plant a tent right in front of the main door with no problem. NYU, just put your tent, don't worry about it ... But I just want to say that this is a very sad day for America. The whole world is watching, and it's a very sad day for New York," he said. "It's all rigged, the whole system is rigged."

"The outside world is watching, and the outside world is just not going to bring their business to New York. And that's going to cost the city trillions and the state trillions and trillions of dollars. Businesses are leaving and people are fleeing," Trump added before heading into the courtroom. 

Donald Trump's explosive statement after the first day of jury deliberations

After the first day of jury deliberations, Trump interacted with the reporters. "You have a very, very — I mean — what is very unfair is that I'm not campaigning. In this room all day long, from morning to night in the Biden witch hunt," Trump said.

The former president bewailed the prosecution's failure to call "a lot of key witnesses," saying they ought to have. He mentioned no names because of his gag order.

"Because of the gag order, I won't go down into individual names, but you have a lot of big players, very big players that would have solved their problem or actually would have given us the win. We already have the win. … If we had a fair judge, this case would have been over a long time ago," Trump said.

"The other thing, the confusion is nobody knows what the crime is because there's no crime. Nobody knows what the crime is. The DA didn't name the crime. They don't know what the crime is. That's what the problem is. It's a disgrace," he continued. "This thing ought to be ended immediately. The judge ought to end it and save his reputation."

Internet says Donald Trump's claims are '100% correct'

Donald Trump's latest statement, bashing the legal system drew positive responses from netizens.

One X user tweeted while supporting Trump, "He is 100% correct, it is so blatant, Democrats see it also, they just can't admit it." Another echoed the same, "He is absolutely right, you are dragging somebody to court, without a single evidence, proof, you're expecting the judge to provide evidence for you." 

"Well the courts are trying to throw Trump, the opposition leader, in prison, so he is correct," wrote one user and another added, "He is right!" "The courts are corrupt and and are failing to uphold the constitution," opined one.

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