Trump accuses White House of going after him while 'country is on fire'

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Former President Trump accused President Biden of pushing the New York criminal case against him even as "the country is on fire" with campus protests Tuesday.

Trump made the comments before entering Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom yet again. Prosecutors with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg will continue with witness testimony, and pornography actress Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand.

Trump listed a number of news reports indicating that Bragg's office does not have the evidence necessary to convict Trump in the case. He argued the case against him is like something out of a "third world country."

"We called a legal expense a legal expense, and that's what they're going after us for," Trump said. "It went through the IRS, it went through the FEC, it went through everything."

"They have no case. Every single legal scholar that I see...has said there's absolutely no case, it's a case that should never have been brought. This comes from the White House--It's all Biden. That hasn't happened in this country. It does happen in third world countries, but it hasn't happened in this country," he added.

Trump also condemned President Biden's handling of the protests on college campuses happening nationwide, noting that many universities have been forced to cancel graduation ceremonies.