Judge Juan Merchan ruled toward the end of today's hearing that Trump will probably need to attend pretrial hearings in person, even if his presence disrupts a large part of New York City. Notably, Trump’s wife, former first lady Melania Trump, was not at the speech. Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO who promoted Trump's election fraud claims, was also present. Key campaign staffers were also seen arriving shortly after Trump's plane landed in Florida. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., before former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. Greene had also traveled to New York to protest on behalf of the former president. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. and Tiffany Trump, who were joined by their spouses. In attendance were three of his adult children, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. Eric Trump and his wife, Lara Trump, at former President Donald Trump's address at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. Some of Trump's family and top allies on Capitol Hill appeared for tonight's speech at Mar-a-Lago. Rather, he turned his attention to additional legal jeopardy he faces. But he didn’t stop with lambasting the case in New York. Speaking for less than 30 minutes, Trump was subdued, and it seemed that the day had taken its toll on him. “We are a nation in decline, and now these radical left lunatics want to interfere in elections by using law enforcement,” Trump said, tying his prosecution and the multiple investigations he faces to his false claims of a rigged election in 2020. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas. “They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try to beat us through the law,” Trump, the first former president ever charged with a crime, said Tuesday night to a room of supporters that included luminaries of his movement, such as defeated Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, voter fraud evangelist Mike Lindell and Reps. Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at an event at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. Just hours after he left his fingerprints in a Manhattan courthouse and on American history, Trump returned to his home turf at the Mar-a-Lago club here and proclaimed that he is being unjustly persecuted through prosecution. It’s an open question whether any of his Republican rivals will challenge his claims. Trump is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, and his speech was an attempt to give his supporters a permission structure to minimize further legal woes he anticipates. The Mar-a-Lago crowd booed the names as he mentioned them. “It’s cost hundreds of millions of dollars to defend,” he said, vowing not to settle it. He also went after New York Attorney General Letitia James as an anti-Trump political actor for the civil case involving him. His legal woes in Georgia due to his asking Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn his 2020 defeat? He said the phone call was “perfect.” And the case is about trying “to interfere with the 2024 election.” “There is no criminality.” The special counsel charged with looking into it? A “lunatic,” he said. The probe in Washington involving misuse of presidential records? “Gun-toting” FBI agents targeted him wrongly, he said. The Manhattan case? A “ridiculous indictment,” he said, and “the criminal is the district attorney.” Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023. In Trump’s narrative, the cases are meritless, the prosecutors are liberals, and his critics are conspiring to wield the law against him unfairly - all with the aim of stopping him from becoming president in 2024. Live coverage continues here.Īfter having pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in New York, Trump gave a speech at Mar-a-Lago that braced his supporters for more indictments - and insisted they would all be politically motivated. He flew back to Florida immediately after his court hearing.
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