Trump says criminal trial is having a 'reverse effect,' as he campaigns at New York bodega, vows to save city

Former President Trump said the transgression proceedings is having a "reverse effect," during a run sojourn Tuesday evening to an Upper Manhattan bodega, portion vowing to "straighten retired New York" by moving with the Democrat politician and politician if elected to different word successful the White House. 

Trump visited an Upper Manhattan bodega Tuesday evening aft spending hours successful downtown New York City courtroom for the 2nd time of his transgression proceedings stemming from charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 

The presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee pleaded not blameworthy to each charges brought by Bragg. 

But aft sitting successful a courtroom for much than 8 hours of assemblage selection, Trump made a run halt astatine Sanaa Convenience Store successful Upper Manhattan Tuesday evening. Trump was met by a ample assemblage chanting "Trump, Trump, Trump," "Four much years," and "We emotion Trump." The assemblage was singing the National Anthem. 

Trump blasted the proceedings and charges against him, saying it is "rigged," "all politics," and "coming retired of the [Biden] White House." 

"It makes maine run locally, and that's okay," Trump said. "We're doing amended present than we've ever done, truthful I deliberation it's having a reverse effect." 

"We're going to travel successful – Number one, you person to halt transgression and we're going to fto the constabulary bash their job. They person to beryllium fixed backmost their authority. They person to beryllium capable to bash their job," Trump said. "And we're going to travel into New York. We're making a large play for New York, different cities, too. But this city, I emotion this city." 

Trump said New York has "gotten truthful atrocious successful the past 3 years, 4 years." 

"And we're going to straighten New York out. So moving for president, we're putting a large deed successful New York – we could triumph New York," Trump said. 

Trump said that "half a cardinal migrants were brought successful to instrumentality implicit the parks, they took implicit your hotels, they instrumentality implicit everything." 

"They've destroyed truthful galore people. The African-American assemblage present is not getting jobs. Migrants are taking their jobs that are present illegally. Hispanics are not getting jobs. Migrants are taking the jobs," Trump said. "If you look astatine the unemployment, the unemployment is bully for migrants. Now, it went up 10%. All migrants. And they're successful our state now. They're coming from prisons. I don't cognize wherever you know, they travel from intelligence institutions. They travel from prisons. They travel from places you don't privation to cognize about." 

"The constabulary successful New York are great. They person to beryllium capable to bash their job. They person to support these people," Trump said. 

As for transgression successful New York City, Trump declared: "It's Alvin Bragg's fault. Alvin Bragg does nothing. He goes aft guys similar Trump who did thing wrong. Violent criminals, murderers? They cognize determination are determination are hundreds of murders each implicit the city. They cognize who they are. They don't prime them up. They spell aft Trump." 

He added: "The radical of New York are not going to instrumentality it. That's wherefore they're going to ballot for Trump." 

The bodega Trump visited has go known arsenic the "Jose Alba bodega" aft the July 2022 incident. Bragg charged Alba with 2nd grade murder. Alba, portion moving astatine the bodega, was attacked down the antagonistic by Austin Simon, who was seen connected surveillance video archetypal coming down the cashier’s table and attacking him. Despite claiming self-defense, Alba was sent to Riker’s Island situation and initially fixed $250,000 bail. 

Bragg’s office, astatine the time, faced wide condemnation for bringing charges against Alba, arsenic footage powerfully suggested that Alba grabbed a weapon and fatally stabbed his assailant lone aft helium had been attacked first.

Among galore different supporters, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton had publically decried the archetypal charging decision, saying Alba acted successful self-defense to thwart what appeared to beryllium either an effort connected his ain beingness oregon a robbery successful progress. 

Bragg yet dropped the execution complaint connected July 19, 2022. 

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Trump's sojourn came aft helium spent the 2nd time successful tribunal for assemblage selection. Seven jurors had been selected. Court is expected to reconvene connected Thursday astatine 9:30 a.m. 

Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal degree. He pleaded not blameworthy to each charges and maintains that determination was nary transgression and that determination should beryllium nary trial.