Donald Trump tops off a long day in court with a long, rambling speech at New Hampshire rally
Former President Donald Trump is cramming campaigning and court into a single day
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump journeyed to New Hampshire after spending the day in a New York courtroom, where he sat defiantly during his trial to determine damages for defaming a magazine writer after she accused him of sexual assault.
A retired trial lawyer for the Justice Department, Steele said he hasn't dug into the details of the wide array of cases against Trump. That includes four prosecutions — including two by Steele's former employer — plus the defamation lawsuit, which comes on the heels of a $5 million verdict for E. Jean Carroll in her initial sexual assault lawsuit against Trump, plus a fraud case filed by the New York Attorney General's office. But Steele dismissed them as “all campaign interference by the Democrats because they can’t beat him any other way.”
“Every time he goes into a courtroom,” Steele, 75, who retired in 2016, said approvingly of Trump, “he always comes out with more support.”
Steele and a few hundred other supporters spent hours waiting for Trump, who delayed his New Hampshire appearance to hold a late-afternoon news conference after court concluded in which he slammed the judge in the case as “a radical Trump-hater."
