The rally was the first of two Trump held in Midwest swing states on Wednesday, the standing weekday off from his New York criminal trial, when the presiding judge takes up other court business. Trump flew from Wisconsin to an evening rally in Freeland, Michigan, before he was set to return to New York City.

WASHINGTON − After more than two weeks of sitting in a courtroom, former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Wednesday and tried to change the subject, holding his first pair of rallies since the start of his hush money trial.

Former President Donald Trump will make his foray back onto the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time since his New York criminal hush money trial began in earnest last month. Trump will spend his one allotted weekday out of the courtroom to host rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan,