Trump rages that 'crooked Joe Biden is involved' in all his court cases including current hush money trial as jury is about to enter second day of deliberations

Donald Trump has accused Joe Biden of 'virtually leading' his hush money trial against adult film actress Stormy Daniels, alleging the 'crooked'  Democrat 'feels that weaponization is the only way he can win' re-election.

Trump raged at Biden on his social media platform TruthSocial Wednesday night after his spokesperson Alina Habba was interviewed on Fox News.

Habba, speaking to host Shannon Bream, alleged the trial was a 'Biden show' used to 'distract the American people' and that Trump had been a victim of 'extortion'.

Bream hit back, claiming the White House 'is not responsible' for the case, which is being tried in state court and was brought on by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The former-president, seemingly enraged by the comments, slammed Bream for being 'naïve' and doubled down on his claim that the Biden Administration is 'involved' in the case.

The comments came after 12-person jury in Trump's trial deliberated for more than four hours on Wednesday without reaching a verdict. The jury is expected to resume deliberations today after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme.

Trump raged at Biden on his social media platform TruthSocial Wednesday night after his spokesperson Alina Habba (left) was interviewed by Fox News host Shannon Bream (right)

Donald Trump has accused Joe Biden of 'virtually leading' his hush money trial against adult film actress Stormy Daniels , alleging the 'crooked' Democrat 'feels that weaponization is the only way he can win' re-election

Trump rushed to Habba's defense Wednesday night after Bream disputed her claims that Biden is somehow connected to the case.

'I never knew Shannon Bream was so 'naïve.' In her interview with my representative, Alina Habba, Shannon just suggested that Crooked Joe Biden was not involved in my Show Trial. HOW STUPID!,' Trump wrote.

'Not only is he involved, he is virtually leading it, and all of the other trials as well - Meaning, his people, because he's not mentally sharp enough to lead anything!

'Just take a look at the DOJ/White House Thugs involved, and everything else. Biden is incompetent, and feels that Weaponization is the only way he can win. He's counting on the Shannon Breams of the World to get him there. Bad day for Shannon!'

Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 Republican presidential election campaign.

The charge, a felony, arises from reimbursements paid to then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen after he made a $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels to silence her claims that she and Trump had sex in 2006. 

Trump is accused of misrepresenting Cohen's reimbursements as legal expenses to hide that they were tied to a hush money payment. 

Trump has pleaded not guilty and contends the Cohen payments were for legitimate legal services. He has also denied the alleged extramarital sexual encounter with Daniels.

Trump (pictured outside Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024) has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 Republican presidential election campaign. He denies all wrongdoing

Habba, commenting on the case, alleged Wednesday night that Biden was connected to the trial, a claim Trump's camp has repeatedly made.

But when Bream argued she was incorrect, Habba asked: 'How can you say the Biden administration is not responsible?!' 

'It's a state trial. t's Alvin Bragg. Whether you think there is a political motive for him, it's not connected to the DOJ. I mean, the feds passed on these election charges,' bream replied.

Habba, seemingly not content with the response, advised that Bream should 'look at logs' that allegedly show New York Attorney General Letitia James and other prosecutors 'visiting the White House'.

'Yeah, the feds passed on this case. Also, [former Manhattan District Attorney] Cy Vance passed on this case years ago and Bragg passed on this case,' Habba said. 'You know when it came back? When he decided to run for office.' 

She then pointed out how Biden was 'publicizing' his intention to 'have a speech if a verdict comes out'.

Bream then claimed that 'any president would want to weigh on something as historic' as Trump's case, which could be the first time a former president is convicted of a crime. 

To convict Trump, the jury would have to find unanimously that he created a fraudulent entry in his company's records, or caused someone else to do so, and that he did so with the intent of committing or concealing another crime.

To convict Trump, the jury would have to find unanimously that he created a fraudulent entry in his company's records, or caused someone else to do so, and that he did so with the intent of committing or concealing another crime. Trump is pictured in this sketch sitting in court as the jury deliberates in his criminal trial on May 29, 2024

The charge against Trump, a felony, arises from reimbursements paid to then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen after he made a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels (pictured in a court cketch giving testimony on May 9, 2024) to silence her claims that she and Trump had sex in 2006

The crime prosecutors say Trump committed or hid is a violation of a New York election law making it illegal for two or more conspirators 'to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means.'

While the jury must unanimously agree that something unlawful was done to promote Trump's election campaign, they don't have to be unanimous on what that unlawful thing was.

The jurors - a diverse cross-section of Manhattan residents and professional backgrounds - often appeared riveted by testimony in the trial, including from Cohen and Daniels. Many took notes and watched intently as witnesses answered questions from Manhattan prosecutors and Trump's lawyers.

Jurors started deliberating after a marathon day of closing arguments in which a prosecutor spoke for more than five hours, underscoring the burden the district attorney's office faces in needing to establish Trump's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Trump team need not establish his innocence to avoid a conviction but must instead bank on at least one juror finding that prosecutors have not sufficiently proved their case.

In their first burst of communication with the court, jurors asked to rehear testimony from Cohen and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker about an August 2015 meeting with Trump at Trump Tower where the tabloid boss agreed to be the 'eyes and ears' of his fledgling presidential campaign.

Pecker testified that the plan included identifying potentially damaging stories about Trump so they could be squashed before being published. That, prosecutors say, was the beginning of the catch-and-kill scheme at the heart of the case.

Jurors also want to hear Pecker's account of a phone call he said he received from Trump in which they discussed a rumor that another outlet had offered to buy former Playboy model Karen McDougal's alleged story that she had a yearlong affair with Trump in the mid-2000s. Trump has denied the affair.

Pecker testified that Trump told him, 'Karen is a nice girl' and asked, 'What do you think I should do?' Pecker said he replied: 'I think you should buy the story and take it off the market.' He added that Trump told him he doesn't buy stories because they always get out and that Cohen would be in touch.

Jurors asked to rehear testimony from Michael Cohen (pictured during  questioning on May 20, 2024 in this courtroom sketch) and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker (not pictured) about an August 2015 meeting with Trump at Trump Tower where the tabloid boss agreed to be the 'eyes and ears' of his fledgling presidential campaign

The publisher said he came away from the conversation thinking Trump was aware of the specifics of McDougal's claims. Pecker said he believed the story was true and would have been embarrassing to Trump and his campaign if it were made public.

The National Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc., eventually paid McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story in an agreement that also included writing and other opportunities with its fitness magazine and other publications.

The fourth item jurors requested is Pecker's testimony about his decision in October 2016 to back out of an agreement to sell the rights to McDougal's story to Trump through a company Cohen had established for the transaction, known as an 'assignment of rights.'

'I called Michael Cohen, and I said to him that the agreement, the assignment deal is off. I am not going forward. It is a bad idea, and I want you to rip up the agreement,' Pecker testified. 'He was very, very, angry. Very upset. Screaming, basically, at me.'

Pecker testified that he reiterated to Cohen that he wasn't going forward with the agreement.

He said that Cohen told him: 'The boss is going to be very angry at you.'