Former President Donald Trump accused election interference as he arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday to begin the fourth week of his criminal trial. Trump believes that the numerous indictments against him are politically motivated to sabotage his reelection campaign, citing reports of meetings between the Biden administration and Trump prosecutors.
“I should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse all day long,” Trump told reporters outside the courtroom. “This is a Biden prosecution. It’s election interference at a level that nobody in this country has ever seen before.”
Trump also mentioned that the establishment media has acknowledged that the legal obstacles against him are failing to prevent what could be the greatest political comeback in history. Polling data from swing states show Trump leading in five out of six states over President Joe Biden, with leads outside the margin of error in four of those states.
Trump’s comments on election interference came as Michael Cohen took the stand in the trial. Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, testified about hush money payments and internal business records allegedly falsified by Trump to cover up damaging stories during the 2016 campaign.
“I’m innocent,” Trump told reporters, referring to the trial as a political witch hunt orchestrated by the Biden administration. He believes that the only way his opponents think they can win is by targeting him.
