Trump Highlights His Legal Woes in Memorial Day Message

Former President Donald Trump on Monday highlighted the legal troubles he faces that threaten to derail his presidential comeback bid, with the former president alleging in a sharply-worded message that the judges overseeing several of his cases are biased and motivated by political factors. After President Trump posted a solemn message on Truth Social remembering fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, he issued a separate critical message to those “working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country.” President Trump then directed his criticism at Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw a pair of defamation cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, with the former president calling him a “Radical Left, Trump Hating Federal Judge.” The former president lost those cases and was ordered to pay $83 million in damages. His attorneys recently filed an appeal in one of those cases, seeking to overturn the verdict....