Newsdeck Trump claims election interference is behind criminal charges

PALM BEACH, Florida, April 4 (Reuters) – A subdued former President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday at New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg for bringing criminal charges against him and declared himself the victim of election interference without offering evidence. “I never thought anything like this could happen in America,” Trump told supporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida. “The only crime that I’ve committed has been to fearlessly defend our nation against those who seek to destroy it.” Earlier, Trump pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan court to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, as…