Trump vows to defeat verdict and Biden in spot that launched presidency

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NEW YORK — Nine years ago, Donald Trump famously descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower to launch his upstart presidential campaign.

Fast forward to today, and the former president, now a convicted felon, strode past that same elevator in Manhattan to launch into a free-wheeling 40-minute press conference in which he blasted Judge Juan Merchan, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, former fixer Michael Cohen, President Joe Biden, and the general state of the United States of America.

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