Donald Trump is complaining that his mounting legal troubles are affecting his ability to campaign effectively for the White House in 2024.
“How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked Joe Biden, put me on trial during an election campaign that I’m winning by a lot, but forcing me nevertheless to spend time and money away from the campaign trail in order to fight bogus, made-up accusations and charges,” Trump told his supporters in Windham, N.H. on Tuesday, according to The Hill.
“I’m sorry, I won’t be able to go to Iowa today, I won’t be able to go to New Hampshire today because I’m sitting in a courtroom on bull—- because his attorney general charged me with something,” he added.
Trump’s remarks come one week after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. on four charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Special Counsel Jack Smith had already secured an indictment for Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of justice in Florida.
Trump was also indicted in New York over alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
The former president pleaded not guilty to all counts and has repeatedly dismissed the charges as a political attack by the Biden administration.
The White House has denied that Biden had any input in the cases against Trump.
“[Biden] was not involved,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in June. “The president has been very, very clear: the Department of Justice is independent.”
