How Donald Trump plans to keep his 2024 campaign running at full speed while facing a criminal trial for WEEKS: Former president plans to use Trump Force One to hit swing states and fundraising events on trial “off days” to maintain momentum

Donald Trump will be off the 2024 track for a significant amount of time while he faces a criminal case related to hush money payments, but his campaign is full steam ahead.

The former president is the first ever to face a criminal trial in US history, and it comes as he is making a third bid for the presidency as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Jury selection in the hush money case began Monday, and the trial is expected to last about six weeks.

Trump’s campaign said it will take full advantage of test-free Wednesdays and weekends. The president has his own plane that makes day trips to campaign stops possible.

The former president, according to the campaign, will continue to deliver his message with in-person and virtual events when he is not in the courtroom.

Trump speaks outside the courtroom after arriving at Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday, ahead of the start of jury selection

His campaign claims that court appearances and indictments have proven to backfire on Democrats and Biden and expects this case to be no different.

When Trump is in court, his team believes all the attention will be on him and his message.

“Joe Biden and the Democrats’ entire strategy to defeat President Trump is to keep him out of campaigns by confining him to a courtroom,” National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

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

Trump’s trial will meet for a total of seven days in April, and almost all of those days will likely be jury selection. It is unlikely that there will be any living testimony at all this month.

Trump supporters gather outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday, April 15, 2024

On his way to court on Monday, the president described the trial as a ‘political persecution’.

His campaign manager, Jason Miller, simply tweeted ‘Wall to Wall’ on Monday with a photo showing all the networks airing Trump’s court entrance.

At a rally in Schnecksville, PA ahead of the trial, Trump spent a significant amount of time dismissing the case, telling supporters it was an honor to be indicted and saying they should ‘feel good watching.’

And when Trump appeared in court on Monday for the first day of jury selection, the former president’s social media pages actively posted coverage defending Trump.

Trump’s senior campaign adviser noted that the networks took Trump’s remarks outside the courtroom Monday with the post ‘Wall to Wall.’

Trump told supporters at his rally on Saturday to ‘enjoy watching’ his trial two days before the jury was due to begin on Monday

A Trump supporter at his rally in Schnecksville, PA on April 13, 2024

Among the president’s events already on the books despite the lawsuit is an upcoming fundraiser in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, April 20.

Tickets cost up to $250,000 per ticket. person according to the invitation. The fundraiser raises cash for the Trump 47 Joint Fundraising Committee.

On the eve of the hush money case starting, Trump was already collecting money from the lawsuit.

‘My SHAM test starts tomorrow. Before I go to court, I want you to know that EVERY TRUMP LOVING PATRIOT has joined my Advisory Board,’ an email asking for contributions read.

While Trump has lagged Biden in fundraising, his past court appearances have proven to be a powerful fundraising tool.

At his political events, supporters wear t-shirts emblazoned with his mugshot from another case.

The hush money case could be the first of four criminal cases the ex-president faces this year.

The three other criminal cases against him include an election meddling case in Georgia, the federal election meddling case around Jan. 6 and charges over the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.