Donald Trump called his trial in New York an "attack on America" and a "political persecution" "Nothing like this has ever happened before," the former president said as he entered the Manhattan courthouse. "When I walk into that courtroom I know that I will have the love of 200 million Americans behind me," Trump wrote in Truth before entering the court.
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