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President Biden returns to nan run way connected Tuesday pinch a sojourn to his puerility hometown of Scranton to statesman 3 consecutive days of campaigning successful Pennsylvania. While nan Democratic incumbent is holding events successful nan battleground state, his 2024 opponent, Donald Trump, is forced to walk nan time successful a New York City courtroom for nan first ever criminal proceedings of a erstwhile president.
Biden plans to usage Scranton, a moving people metropolis of astir 75,000 people, arsenic nan backdrop to transportation his caller taxation plan. His travels done Pennsylvania overlap pinch nan commencement of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal hush money lawsuit against Trump.
Day 2 of nan New York City trial continues pinch nan assemblage action astatine astir 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Trump has been charged pinch 34 counts of falsifying business records successful nan first grade relating to alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels during his successful 2016 statesmanlike campaign.
Trump has been ordered to be nan tribunal proceedings Tuesday and each time of nan trial. Judge Juan Merchan told Trump that if he fails to beryllium present, a warrant will beryllium issued for his arrest.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks retired of nan courtroom pursuing nan first time of assemblage action astatine Manhattan Criminal Court connected April 15, 2024, successful New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records successful nan first of his criminal cases to spell to trial. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)
Biden plans to walk Tuesday nighttime successful Scranton earlier continuing to Pittsburgh connected Wednesday morning. He is expected to past concisely sojourn nan White House, but intends to return to Pennsylvania connected Thursday, pinch an arena successful Philadelphia.
Scranton, Biden’s first destination, blends nan individual and governmental for Biden arsenic he grew up successful a three-story assemblage location successful nan Green Ridge neighborhood. His family later moved to Delaware, nan authorities Biden yet represented successful nan U.S. Senate.
"It’s difficult to tie paths to Biden winning nan White House that don’t impact Pennsylvania," said Daniel Hopkins, a governmental subject professor astatine nan University of Pennsylvania.
President Biden will tie a stark opposition pinch Donald Trump connected April 16, 2024, erstwhile he visits his birthplace successful Scranton, Pennsylvania — while his predetermination rival is stuck successful a New York courtroom. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden will return to his puerility hometown of Scranton connected Tuesday, April 16, 2024, to footwear disconnected 3 consecutive days of campaigning successful Pennsylvania, capitalizing connected nan opportunity to crisscross nan battleground authorities while Donald Trump spends nan week successful a New York City courtroom for his first criminal trial. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Harry Truman, successful 1948, was nan past Democrat to go president who did not triumph nan state.
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His opportunity to run comes arsenic Trump is sequestered successful a courtroom, defending himself against criminal charges. If convicted, Trump could beryllium sentenced to clip down bars.
Former President Donald Trump arrives astatine Manhattan criminal tribunal pinch his ineligible squad up of nan commencement of assemblage action successful New York, NY connected Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each counts past year.
As Monday showed, however, nan criminal lawsuit against the erstwhile president continues to struggle against worries that Trump will get a adjacent trial.
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Yesterday afternoon, 96 prospective jurors were sworn successful but much than 50 of them were almost instantly excused for admitting they could not service arsenic impartial jurors.
"It’s a scam. It’s a governmental witch hunt," Trump said aft tribunal adjourned Monday.
Former President Donald Trump arrives astatine Trump Tower aft departing Manhattan Criminal Court connected April 15, 2024, successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Republican statesmanlike candidate, erstwhile President Donald Trump held a run arena up of his criminal proceedings successful Schnecksville, Pennsylvania connected April 13, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Judge Juan Merchan, who Trump has many times criticized arsenic being partisan and serving nan interest of Democrats, addressed Trump straight earlier calling nan prospective jurors into nan courtroom.
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The judge told Trump that if he fails to beryllium present, a warrant will beryllium issued for his arrest. Judge Merchan besides told Trump that he has a correct to beryllium coming astatine nan trial, but that if he disrupts nan proceedings he would beryllium removed. Trump nodded aft proceeding nan instructions.
Traffic passes a motion connected nan road astatine Scranton, Pennsylvania connected April 15, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
Judge Merchan denied Trump’s petition to beryllium excused from nan proceedings adjacent Thursday, aft nan president expressed he wanted to be arguments astatine nan Supreme Court astir statesmanlike immunity. The judge has not yet ruled connected whether nan proceedings will beryllium adjourned truthful Trump tin be his boy Barron’s precocious schoolhouse graduation.
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Before assemblage action began, Judge Merchan again denied nan defense’s petition to recuse himself.
Judge Merchan besides group a proceeding for adjacent Tuesday, April 23 to talk imaginable sanctions for Trump violating nan gag order.
