Trumps criminal hush money trial to collide with 2024 campaign [Video]

Former President Trump’s legal troubles and his 2024 White House campaign are fully colliding this week, with Trump’s trial in New York City over an alleged hush money scheme set to begin Monday.

While Trump is set to spend four days a week in court for the next several weeks, his campaign is planning to use virtual appearances, in-person campaign stops on the weekends and an expected flood of media attention on the proceedings to sustain enthusiasm among supporters in the face of what Republicans have decried as a partisan ploy to prevent him from running again.

“Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrats’ failing election interference strategy is to try and keep President Trump away from campaigning by confining him to a courtroom,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to The Hill. 

“Unfortunately for Crooked Joe, voters see that President Trump is the strongest candidate …