Trump RAGES against 'phony' hush money case at rally in Pennsylvania and says 'have a good time watching' days before jury selection begins in New York criminal trial

A fired up Donald Trump raged against the hush wealth lawsuit against him astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania connected Saturday, conscionable days earlier helium becomes the archetypal erstwhile president successful U.S. past to basal proceedings connected transgression charges. 

'Two days from now, the full satellite volition witnesser the commencement of the precise archetypal Biden trial,' Trump said speaking to a rancorous assemblage of supporters. 

'I'm arrogant to bash it for your. Have a bully clip watching, person a bully clip watching' Trump said. 

The ex-president was successful Schnecksville, PA extracurricular Allentown wherever helium rambled for astir an hr connected a wide scope of topics from the borderline to insisting 'I'm popular!' 

It was his last rally earlier the hush wealth proceedings gets underway successful New York. Jury enactment begins connected Monday.

Trump is facing 34 felony counts for falsifying concern records. Each number has a maximum punishment of 4 years successful prison.

'On Monday successful New York City, I volition beryllium forced to beryllium afloat gagged, I'm not allowed to talk,' Trump claimed 1 time aft saying helium would testify.

The ex-president blasted the justice claiming helium had 'Trump derangement syndrome' and argued the lawsuit is simply a 'blatant manipulation of the law.'

'This is by acold the weakest transgression lawsuit I've ever seen successful my 60 years,' Trump said. 'There is perfectly thing here. There is nary misdemeanor. There is nary felony, determination is nary national crime.' 

Trump slammed the lawsuit coming successful the mediate of him moving for president.  

It's the archetypal of 4 transgression cases against Trump that could get underway arsenic helium runs for president a 3rd time.

According to prosecutors, the ex-president falsified records to screen up the $130,000 outgo made to big movie prima Stormy Daniels before the 2016 predetermination to support her quiescent astir a intersexual brushwood with Trump a decennary earlier. 

Supporters waiting successful enactment for hours to be the ex-president's rally connected Saturday echoed immoderate of Trump's ain statements connected the case.

Multiple radical waiting successful enactment told DailyMail.com the transgression lawsuit was a 'witch hunt,' orchestrated by 'corrupt' Democrats and dismissed acrophobic astir Trump being convicted portion moving for president.

'I'm perfectly disgusted successful our transgression justness system,' said Courtney Bracken, 46, who was astatine the rally with her lad and besides said she was astatine the Capitol connected January 6. 

'I honestly deliberation that Democrats are making a mockery retired of our transgression justness system. I deliberation yet aft each the appeals, aft everything, President Trump volition beryllium recovered not guilty,' she said. 

Trump himself said connected Friday he would testify in the hush wealth case. 

'It's a scam. It's a scam. That's not a trial. That's not a trial,' Trump besides said Friday.

A caller The New York Times/Siena canvass connected Saturday recovered a bulk of registered voters judge that the charges Trump falsified records related to the hush wealth payments are precise superior oregon somewhat serious. Only 22 percent said they were not astatine each serious. 

The charges did disagreement on partisan lines. 43 percent of Republicans said the charges related to hush wealth payments were not astatine each serious.

46 percent of registered voters said they deliberation Trump should beryllium recovered blameworthy successful the case. 36 percent said helium should not. 71 percent of Republicans said helium should not. 

While lone the hush wealth lawsuit has a acceptable proceedings commencement day truthful far, the transgression cases against Trump could instrumentality him disconnected the run way for a important magnitude of clip starring up the the election.

Trump's run said it volition instrumentality afloat vantage of disconnected days connected Wednesday and weekends, and the ex-president volition besides proceed to present his connection with in-person and virtual events. 

They reason the tribunal appearances and indictments person proven to backfire for Democrats and Biden and expect this lawsuit to beryllium nary different.  

'Joe Biden and the Democrats’ full strategy to decision President Trump is to support him distant from campaigning by confining him to a courtroom,' said Karoline Leavitt, National Press Secretary successful a statement.

'President Trump volition proceed to combat for information successful the courtroom and to stock his winning connection connected the run trail,' she said.

Pennsylvania is 1 of the biggest battlegrounds of 2024. Biden won the authorities by much than 80,000 votes successful 2020 aft Trump won the authorities by little than 45,000 votes successful 2016. 

Ahead of Trump's sojourn to the authorities supporters lined the roads astir Schnecksville waving Trump flags and holding signs. 

DailyMail.com observed 1 idiosyncratic holding a Biden motion connected the broadside of the roadworthy adjacent the rally, and different idiosyncratic waiting to greet the motorcade a small further distant holding a 'Trump successful situation 2024' sign. 

Ahead of the ex-president's visit, the state's Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro issued a connection connected behalf of the Biden run astir Trump's sojourn to the authorities blasting him connected the contented of termination and overturning of Roe v Wade.

'Pennsylvanians privation a president who volition combat for america and support our state – not the chaos and extremism Donald Trump wants to bring to our communities,' helium said.