Donald Trump lashes out at 'crooked Biden's henchmen' on the eve of his hush money trial in NYC as he slams woke DA Alvin Bragg for 'rigging the election'

Donald Trump has lashed out at 'crooked Joe Biden's henchman' as the former president prepares for the start of his Stormy Daniels hush money trial in NYC.

In a post to his Truth Social page, the 77-year-old said: 'Tomorrow morning I'll be in Criminal Court, before a totally conflicted Judge, a Corrupt Prosecutor, a Legal System in CHAOS.

'A state being overrun by violent crime and corruption, and Crooked Joe Biden's henchmen 'Rigging the System' against his Political Opponent, ME!

'I will be fighting for myself but, much more importantly, I will be fighting for our Country. 

'Election Interference like this has never happened in the USA before and, hopefully, will never happen again. We are now a Nation in serious Decline, a Failing Nation, but we will soon be a Great Nation Again.'

Trump is facing 34 felony counts stemming from allegations that he falsified business records in an attempt to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with the porn star which took place a decade before he ran for president in 2016. 

The case focuses around $130,000 paid to Daniels ahead of the presidential election to keep her quiet about their alleged affair

In his post, Trump said New York state was being run by 'Biden's henchmen' who are 'rigging the system' against him

Stormy Daniels with Donald Trump in 2006, at the time of the alleged affair

The trial of the former president could be the first of four criminal prosecutions against Trump to go to trial this year as he runs for a second term in the White House.

The case focuses around $130,000 paid to Daniels ahead of the presidential election to keep her quiet about their alleged affair.

In the indictment first brought against Trump in April 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused the ex-president of falsifying New York business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from voters.

Bragg claims Trump and others participated in a 'catch and kill' scheme to bury negative information about him and went to great lengths to hide his conduct including making dozens of false entries in business records to hide criminal activity.

Trump pleaded not guilty last spring to all 34 counts.

While prosecutors have not released an official list of potential witnesses to take the stand, some of the people in Trump's former orbit expected to testify in the trial include his lawyer Michael Cohen. 

Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer turned harsh critic, is expected to take the stand as his activities are at the center of the hush money case.

Trump claimed he was paying Cohen for legal services performed in 2017 with payments for nine months, but the Manhattan district attorney's office alleges the ex-president was reimbursing Cohen for the $130,000 payments he directed Cohen to make to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

Prosecutors argue Cohen also coordinated with the National Enquirer's publisher to give the former Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000, to thwart her accounts of sexual encounters with Trump in a practice known as 'catch-and-kill.'

New York DA Alvin Bragg speaks after Trump appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, after his indictment following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels

Daniels, aka Stephanie Clifford, is also expected to testify in the trial as the woman at the center of the hush money payment case

Trump's namesake company then repaid Cohen $420,000 in a handful of installments, prosecutors said.

Last month, Trump's legal team attempted to block Cohen from testifying. Trump's lawyer, according to the court filing, argued Cohen had a history of lying and would lie again at trial.

In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws in regards to the payments of Daniels and lying before Congress.

He was sentenced to prison in December and served thirteen and a half months behind bars and a year and a half in home confinement.

Ahead of the hush money trial, Cohen told the Playbook Deep Dive podcast he thinks people will be surprised by the corroborating evidence that's brought in the case

Daniels, aka Stephanie Clifford, is also expected to testify in the trial as the woman at the center of the hush money payment case.

Daniels, 45, alleges in 2006 she had a sexual encounter with Trump who at the time was already married to Melania Trump.

Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court Oct. 25, 2023, in New York

Trump (L) awaits the start of a hearing at New York Criminal Court in New York, New York, USA, 25 March 2024

Daniels in 2018 told 60 Minutes, she met Trump at an event in Nevada in 2006 and he invited her to dinner. 

She said she met him at his hotel suite where they had sex. Daniels said Trump later invited her to other events in New York and California.

Prosecutors claim that in October 2016 just before the election, Trump's fixer Michael Cohen wired Daniels' lawyer the $130,000 to keep her quiet about their encounters amid concern it could hurt his chances of winning the presidential election.

Trump denies having an affair with Daniels. At a press conference in Mar-a-Lago on Friday, he said: ''It's a scam. That's not a trial. That's a scam'.'

He said he would testify just as the judge declined to delay the trial because of the huge amount of publicity surrounding the case. 

His legal team have consistently argued there is no way the prominent Republican can get a fair trial because the majority of the city leans Democratic. 

If convicted, Trump could face up to four years in prison for each of the 34 charges against him.

It's more likely, however, that the 77-year-old would face probation due to him being a first-time offender in the state.