Trump complains about 'salacious' coverage after tawdry tabloid dealings revealed in trial

Donald Trump complained about the "salacious" coverage of his hush money trial involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

The former president posted his complaint Friday morning at 9:15 a.m., just as he arrived in the courtroom, after cable news covered testimony from the previous day from Daniels' lawyer, who described his involvement in other celebrity scandals involving actor Charlie Sheen and reality star Tila Tequila.

"This Corrupt and HIGHLY Conflicted New York Judge, Juan Merchan, is doing everything in his power to make this trial as salacious as possible, even though these things have NOTHING to do with this FAKE case," Trump posted on Truth Social. "He gives us nothing, gives the everything to the Crooked D.A., Alvin Bragg. ELECTION INTERFERENCE - BIDEN WITCH HUNT TRIAL!!!"

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Trump's complaint suggested that his proximity to those scandals involving disgraced celebrities made him look bad, but his own attorney Emil Bove actually brought up those individuals during his cross examination of Hollywood attorney Keith Davidson in an effort to discredit his previous testimony against the ex-president.

Cable news coverage of that testimony focused on the "tawdry" tabloid practice of paying to cover – or cover up – scandalous stories, which Trump is accused of benefiting from to aid his 2016 election chances as a key element of his indictment in the case.