Donald Trump is speaking outside court after today’s session.
“This is a case that nobody wanted to bring,” he claims.
It is a “case of bookkeeping which is a very minor thing in terms of the law”, he says.
“This is a case where you pay a lawyer, he’s a lawyer, and they call it a legal expense, that’s the exact term they use, legal expense, in the books, and another thing that wasn’t even said was we never even deducted it as a tax deduction. Most people want to deduct everything.”
He continues: “If a lawyer puts in a bill or an invoice and you pay the bill, and in the book, it’s a little line, a very small, little line – I don’t know if you can even write more than two words, it’s not like you can tell a life story – they marked it down to a legal expense. This is what I got indicted over.
“I’m the leading the candidate, I’m beating Biden, I’m beating the Republicans now, I have the nomination, and this is what they try and take me off the [campaign] trail for – cheques being paid to a lawyer.”
“I should be in Georgia now, I should be in Florida now, I should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning and I’m sitting here and this will go on for a long time.
“It’s very unfair and the judge is conflicted as you know. It’s very unfair what’s going on and I should be allowed to campaign.”
Source: Donald Trump trial latest: Ex-president complains he should be elsewhere after first day
