Just before the start of his trial, Donald Trump warned that “an assault on America” was happening.

Trump told reporters as he arrived at court: “This is an assault on America! Nothing like this has ever happened before. There’s never been anything like it.”

He continued: “Every legal scholar says this case is nonsense, it never have been brought. There has never been anything like this. There is no case… People that don’t necessarily like Donald Trump say they is an outrage this case was brought.

Trump added:

“This is political persecution, a persecution like never before. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. And again it is a case that should have never been brought. It is an assault on America. And that’s why I’m very proud to be here. This is an assault on our country. It’s a country that’s failing. It’s country that’s run by an incompetent man very much involved in this case. This is really an attack on a political opponent. That’s all it is. So I’m very honored to be here, thank you very much.”

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