Former President Donald Trump attended the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 racing event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina on Sunday.
On May 28, the closing statements on the New York case will begin, which will be followed by jury deliberations. President Trump is pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsification of business records in the case.
Prosecutors claimed that payments made to adult entertainment performer Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, under non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were falsified, amounting to election interference during the 2016 presidential race. However, President Trump’s lawyers argued that there was nothing wrong with the payments made under NDAs and that no illegal activity occurred.
In court, the prosecution argued that an election law is violated when people conspire to get someone elected to office by “unlawful means.” Proof of intent need not be given in matters related to “unlawful” actions, they claimed.
Tight Presidential Race
President Trump’s visit to the racing event comes as there is roughly six months left until the November presidential elections. Polls show mixed results, with candidates holding only a marginal lead over their rivals.“The race remains closer than before Super Tuesday, when Trump consistently led. Trump performs slightly better with Republicans and his own 2020 backers than Biden does with Democrats and his 2020 supporters.”
“Adding the others into the mix alters the results somewhat. Biden takes 39 percent of the vote, while Trump takes 38 percent of the vote.”
President Trump recently visited the South Bronx in New York, a region President Biden won in 2020. In his speech, the former president focused on the issues of the economy and immigration that have affected the African American community.
“The biggest epiphany for Black folks was when they saw that we were giving illegal immigrants in New York credit cards, they stayed in luxury hotels and gave them money to eat,” Robin Barnes from Oakland County told The Epoch Times.
“And you have had African American citizens who have been homeless ... for all this time? What a slap in the face.”
Meanwhile, President Biden is focusing on convincing black voters that his administration has been beneficial to the community.
He asked the Democratic National Committee to hold the first presidential primary this year in South Carolina, a state with 27 percent black residents, disrupting a five-decade tradition of beginning the campaign in New Hampshire which is predominantly white.
In an interview with the Epoch Times, Ron Klink, a senior policy adviser and former Democrat congressman from Pennsylvania, claimed that the Biden administration has given massive leadership opportunities for minority groups, surpassing earlier administrations.
“I think that should resonate ... If it doesn’t, then they haven’t done a good job of communicating,” he said.
