Donald Trump speaks ahead of hush money criminal trial

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Former US President Donald Trump delivered a speech ahead his criminal trial where he is accused of covering up a hush-money payment, calling the case an “assault on America”.

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00:00 This is an assault on America. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

00:06 It's never been anything like it. Every legal scholar said this case is nonsense.

00:12 It should never have been brought. It doesn't deserve anything like this.

00:16 There is no case, and they've said it. People that don't necessarily follow or like Donald Trump

00:22 said this is an outrage that this case was brought.

00:25 This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before. Nobody's ever seen anything like it.

00:32 And again, it's a case that should have never been brought.

00:36 It's an assault on America. And that's why I'm very proud to be here.

00:41 This is an assault on our country. And it's a country that's failing.

00:45 It's a country that's run by an incompetent man who's very much involved in this case.

00:50 This is really an attack on a political opponent. That's all it is.

00:55 So I'm very honored to be here. Thank you very much.

00:57 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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