India, May 5 -- After Donald Trump's ex-aide Hope Hicks testified in court that he told her to deny an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels, the former US president addressed a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago and blasted prosecutors for threatening to send him to jail.

Following the first week of his hush money trial in New York, Trump returned on Friday night to his Florida home, where some 400 legislators and contributors attended a luncheon.

During his ninety-minute speech, he expressed surprise at becoming the first former president to face criminal charges.

Accusing Joe Biden and other Democrats of running a "Gestapo administration", Trump slammed Fulton County DA Fani Willis and special counsel Jack Smith.

On Friday, team led by ...