Trump Wishes Wife Melania ‘Happy Birthday,’ Laments Being Parted From Her By ‘Rigged Trial’ Over ‘Hush Money’ Allegations by Ryan Morgan – US Politics News

Former President Donald Trump wished his wife Melania Trump a happy birthday on Friday before stepping into a New York City courtroom to continue an ongoing criminal trial over an alleged non-disclosure payment he made in 2016.
“I want to start by wishing my wife, Melania, a very happy birthday,” President Trump said outside the courtroom. “It would be nice to be with her but I’m in a courthouse for a rigged trial. It’s a rigged trial. Terrible.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought charges against the former president for an alleged hush money payment his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, arranged in 2016 to suppress allegations being raised by adult performer Stephanie Clifford, known in the business as Stormy Daniels, that she and then-candidate Trump had had an affair years earlier. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office contends that this effort to pay Ms. Clifford to enter into a non-disclosure agreement and remain silent about the alleged affair was done in an effort to protect Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and that the payment thus constitutes an illicit campaign donation….