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President Donald Trump at the start of his latest trial in New York on Monday, April 15, 2024:

"This is an assault on America. Nothing like this has ever happened before. There has never been anything like it. Every legal scholar says this case is nonsense and should never have been brought. There has never been anything like this. There is no case.

"People that don't necessarily like Donald Trump say this is an outrage this case was brought. It is political persecution, a persecution like never before. Nobody has ever seen anything like it and again it is a case that should have never been brought. It is an assault on America and why I'm very proud to be here.

"This is an assault on our country. It's a country that is failing. A country that's run by an incompetent man very much involved in this case. An attack on a political opponent. That's all it is. I'm very honored to be here, thank you very much."