The extraordinary display opened Trump’s first rally of his 2024 Republican presidential campaign. “You will be vindicated and proud,” Trump said to his followers, “The thugs and criminals who are corrupting our justice system will be defeated, discredited and totally disgraced.”

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Trump’s event at the airport grounds was part of a broader effort by him to use the potential indictment as a rallying cry for supporters to maintain his status as the GOP frontrunner. It came one day after Trump raised the specter of violence should he become the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.

Trump declared his innocence in the Manhattan investigation into a hush money payment made during the 2016 election to porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep her from going public about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump years earlier. A grand jury hearing the case is expected to meet again on Monday.

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