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Before walking into opening statements of the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, Donald Trump stopped to hit the press with his usual talking points. In a rambling address, he accused President Joe Biden and the Washington establishment of targeting him, he hit out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for prosecuting him and not focusing on New York City crime, and he took aim at New York Attorney General Letitia James over a completely different trial, the civil fraud case for which he owes a $175 million bond. His rant in front of the courtroom was quickly shut down …

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