Topline
Former President Donald Trump blasted the timing of his looming trial in Manhattan Criminal Court as “election interference” Tuesday, hours after a judge set a March start date that coincides with critical early Republican primary contests, bolstering Trump’s strategy of casting his various legal woes as political attacks and capitalizing on them to fundraise and build support.
Key Facts
Trump repeated his claims that the case—in which he is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records—is politically motivated, writing on Truth Social: “this is exactly what the Radical Left Democrats wanted.”
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