Trump branded a ‘climate criminal’ by heckler at Iowa caucus event: Live

Donald Trump calls New York fraud trial ‘terrible witch hunt’

Donald Trump was heckled by a protester who called him a “climate criminal” during a rally event on Sunday on the eve of the Iowa caucuses.

The Republican front-runner, widely tipped to trounce rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley when the Midwestern state votes on Monday, was speaking in Indianola when he was interrupted by the activist, whom he told to “go home to mommy.”

Also on Sunday, the candidate urged Iowans to defy the harsh winter weather and get out to the polls even if they are “sick as a dog”, assuring them that even if people “passed away” shortly after voting it would be “worth it”.

The former president also launched into attacks on the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial in New York after he denied him a delay so that he could attend his mother-in-law’s funeral.

That came after Mr Trump was ordered to payThe New York Times almost $400,000 in legal costs over a failed lawsuit he brought against the newspaper, three of its journalists and his niece Mary Trump.

The businessman had alleged a breach of confidentiality regarding his tax records but the case was dismissed last year.

Donald Trump urged voters to get out to the polls, even if they were “sick as a dog”, in a defiant rally on the eve of his first major election test.

The former president said that even if people “passed away” shortly after voting it would be “worth it”, and once again launched attacks on the New York judge who had denied him a delay in his civil trial so that he could his mother-in-law’s funeral.

His remarks came during an in-person rally in Indianola on Sunday afternoon. Mr Trump was previously forced to swap out other planned events in Iowa with tele-rallies due to