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Defendant Trump slams criminal charges as 'insult to our country'

Former US President Donald Trump

Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club April 4, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. This was after he pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to 34 counts related to money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. PHOTO | JOE RAEDLE | GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP

By  AFP

Palm Beach

Donald Trump offered a full-throated defence of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as "an insult to our country."

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