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    Trump lashes out leaving court after jurors heard of 2016 ‘election fraud’ scheme in trial opening statements

    by Alex Woodward Apr 22, 2024 5 minutes
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    Donald Trump unloaded on reporters and news cameras for nine minutes outside a Manhattan criminal courtroom on Monday, after jurors heard opening statements and the first witness took the stand to testify in the first-ever criminal trial of an American president.

    “It’s very unfair what’s going on and I should be allowed to campaign,” he said as he left the courthouse. “We did nothing wrong.”

    The former president is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors called a “criminal conspiracy” to bury politically compromising stories of his alleged affairs, part of a months-long scheme to protect Mr Trump’s reputation and deceive voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

    After four days of jury selection last week, the trial on the 15th floor of a New York City criminal courtroom with this alleged plot to unlawfully influence

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