Trump RAGES against 'phony' hush money case at rally in Pennsylvania and says 'have a good time watching' days before jury selection begins in New York criminal trial

A fired up Donald Trump raged against the hush money case against him at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, just days before he becomes the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial on criminal charges. 

'Two days from now, the entire world will witness the commencement of the very first Biden trial,' Trump said speaking to a rancorous crowd of supporters. 

'I'm proud to do it for your. Have a good time watching, have a good time watching' Trump said. 

The 77-year-old ex-president was in Schnecksville, PA outside Allentown where he rambled for roughly an hour on a wide range of topics from the border to insisting 'I'm popular!' 

It was his final rally before the hush money trial gets underway in New York. Jury selection begins on Monday.

Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Each count has a maximum penalty of four years in prison.

Former President Donald Trump slammed the criminal case against him in New York just days before the trial gets underway. The ex-president told the crowd it is a 'badge of honor' to be indicted 

Trump insisted there was 'absolutely nothing there' was he ranted about the hush money case

'On Monday in New York City, I will be forced to sit fully gagged, I'm not allowed to talk,' Trump claimed one day after saying he would testify.

The ex-president went after the presiding judge as well as the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who brought the case.

'This is by far the weakest criminal case I've ever seen in my 60 years,' Trump, 77, said. 'There is absolutely nothing here. There is no misdemeanor. There is no felony, there is no federal crime.' 

Trump slammed the trial coming in the middle of him running for president.  

It is the first of four criminal cases against Trump that could get underway this year as he mounts his third White House bid.

The hush money trial centers around $130,000 paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records to cover up the payment to keep her quiet

According to prosecutors, the ex-president falsified records to cover up the $130,000 payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. 

Supporters waiting in line for hours to attend the ex-president's rally on Saturday echoed some of Trump's own statements on the case.

Multiple people waiting in line told DailyMail.com the criminal case was a 'witch hunt,' orchestrated by 'corrupt' Democrats and dismissed concerns about Trump being convicted while running for president.

'I'm absolutely disgusted in our criminal justice system,' said Courtney Bracken, 46, who was at the rally with her son and also said she was at the Capitol on January 6. 

'I honestly think that Democrats are making a mockery out of our criminal justice system. I think eventually after all the appeals, after everything, President Trump will be found not guilty,' she said. 

'I think it's just a roadblock. They're frivilious cases,' said Michael Mann, 61, at the rally Saturday. 'I don't feel he's going to be convicted. He's going to come out of it.'

The line of supporters waiting outside Trump's rally in Schnecksville on April 13. Hundreds of supporters waited in line for hours ahead of the ex-president's remarks at the Schnecksville Fire Hall

Supporters of Trump ahead of his campaign rally in Schnecksville, PA on April 13

Trump himself said on Friday he would testify in the hush money case. 

'It's a scam. It's a scam. That's not a trial. That's not a trial,' Trump also said Friday.

A new The New York Times/Siena poll on Saturday found a majority of registered voters believe that the charges Trump falsified records related to the hush money payments are very serious or somewhat serious. Only 22 percent said they were not at all serious. 

The charges did divide along partisan lines. 43 percent of Republicans said the charges related to hush money payments were not at all serious.

46 percent of registered voters said they think Trump should be found guilty in the case. 36 percent said he should not. 71 percent of Republicans said he should not. 

Trump told supporters at his rally 'have a good time watching' as he blasts the hush money case against him that gets underway in New York with jury selection on Monday

While only the hush money case has a set trial start date so far, the criminal cases against Trump could take him off the campaign trail for a significant amount of time leading up the the election.

Trump's campaign said it will take full advantage of off days on Wednesday and weekends, and the ex-president will also continue to deliver his message with in-person and virtual events. 

They argue the court appearances and indictments have proven to backfire for Democrats and Biden and expect this case to be no different.  

'Joe Biden and the Democrats’ entire strategy to defeat President Trump is to keep him away from campaigning by confining him to a courtroom,' said Karoline Leavitt, National Press Secretary in a statement.

'President Trump will continue to fight for truth in the courtroom and to share his winning message on the campaign trail,' she said.

Trump is expected to hold in-person and virtual campaign events around the trial schedule. His campaign claims the courtroom appearances and indictments backfire on Democrats

Pennsylvania is one of the biggest battlegrounds of 2024. Biden won the state by more than 80,000 votes in 2020 after Trump won the state by less than 45,000 votes in 2016. 

Ahead of Trump's visit to the state supporters lined the roads around Schnecksville waving Trump flags and holding signs. 

DailyMail.com observed one person holding a Biden sign on the side of the road near the rally, and another person waiting to greet the motorcade a little further away holding a 'Trump in prison 2024' sign. 

Ahead of the ex-president's visit, the state's Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro issued a statement on behalf of the Biden campaign about Trump's visit to the state blasting him on the issue of abortion and overturning of Roe v Wade.

'Pennsylvanians want a president who will fight for us and protect our freedom – not the chaos and extremism Donald Trump wants to bring to our communities,' he said.