Former President Donald Trump through reporters outside his NYC trial some red meat on Monday before heading into the courtroom. Trump blasted NYC DA Alvin Bragg’s trial as a “witch hunt” and claimed all efforts to silence him and keep him off the campaign trail stem from the Biden White House.

“Thank you very much. I just want to say before we begin these are all Biden trials,” Trump said. “This is done as election interference; everybody knows it. I’m here instead of being able to be in Pennsylvania, Georgia and lots of other places campaigning. And it’s very unfair.

“Fortunately the poll numbers are very good, they’ve been going up because people understand what’s going on. This is a witch hunt, it’s a shame, and it comes out of Washington. It’s in coordination with Washington, everything, including the DA’s office. It’s a coordination with Washington. I just want people to understand that. This is done with purposes of hurting the opponent of the worst president in the history of our country.”

Watch Trump’s statement below:

THIS IS A WITCH HUNT! pic.twitter.com/50rmtSMK4U

— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 22, 2024