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Whenever Donald Trump is accused of something, he responds by accusing his opponent of that exact thing. The idea is less to argue that Mr. Trump is clean than to suggest that everyone else is dirty.
Days before the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump is appearing twice in court this week — on Tuesday in Washington and Thursday in New York. He was not required to attend either hearing. But advisers say he believes the court appearances dramatize what is fast becoming a central theme of his campaign: that President Joe Biden — who is describing the likely Republican nominee as a peril to the country — is the true threat to American democracy. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from t