Trump posts video blaming Biden for criminal trials as he loses another last-ditch bid to halt hush money case
Donald Trump has lashed out at President Joe Biden in a Truth Social video accusing the president of being a “criminal” after he failed to delay an imminent criminal trial in Manhattan. his string of criminal trials.
Mr Trump lost three last-ditch bids in three days to delay his New York hush money trial, with jury selection set to begin on Monday.
The former president faces 88 felony counts across four state and federal prosecutions as he campaigns for a return to the White House. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.
Mr Trump continues to baselessly assert that he is the victim of a Democratic-led conspiracy against him, despite the fact that his criminal prosecutions were recommended by grand juries of members of the public. His federal cases are overseen by an independent special counsel under the US Department of Justice.
That hasn’t stopped Mr Trump from accusing his rival of “lawfare” against him.
“At what point are the actions of a sitting President, using lawfare and weaponization against his opponent for purposes of election interference, considered illegal? I believe, as do various highly respected legal scholars, that crooked Joe Biden has long since crossed over that very sacred threshold,” Mr Trump said in the video.
He went on to call Mr Biden a “criminal” and a “horrible president.”
“He’s the worst president in the history of our country,” he added, before baselessly claiming “the only way he thinks he can get elected is to take me to trial, take me to courts — city, state and federal — they control them all.”
“He can’t put two sentences together, he can’t do anything. So they weaponise government and they take me to court on bulls**t,” Mr Trump continued.
The video came amid three