Trump dismisses indictment as a joke while Cohen reacts.

Former President Donald Trump's defense against the 37-count federal felony indictment brought against him will be waged in arenas before friendly audiences rather than in the courtroom. Trump sought to galvanize his supporters to view the entire American justice system as corrupt, weaponized to target conservatives and deployed to prevent him from winning the 2024 election. The indictment suggests Trump personally directed aides to stash highly classified documents in cardboard storage boxes that he ordered shipped to Mar-a-Lago as his presidency expired. Trump made no secret of his plan to portray the prosecution against him as secretly engineered by President Joe Biden.