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Trump Wastes No Time Calling Hush-Money Case an ‘Assault on America’

‘PROUD TO BE HERE’

Speaking to reporters outside the Manhattan criminal courtroom, Trump called it a “political prosecution.”

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

A photo of Donald Trump at trial.
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Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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