ALAYNA TREENE: I am here in Erie, Pennsylvania,
where Donald Trump spoke to a large crowd of supporters
on Saturday.
And as is typical with Trump's rallies,
there was a big crowd and a lot of energy.
But one thing that was interesting
was the venue wasn't entirely full,
and that's not normal for Trump's rallies.
Yes, there were a lot of people there on Saturday,
but there were also many empty seats.
But Donald Trump took to the stage at around 6:00 PM,
and he gave a pretty typical 2024 stump speech.
He went through his agenda items for his campaign.
He also walked through his highlight reel
from his time in office.
And he also spent a lot of time criticizing
President Joe Biden.
One thing that I found very interesting
was that he made an appeal to Republicans.
And he told them that they need to investigate the Biden family
more and also to act on the information
that they've gathered already.
And he said, any Republican that doesn't
do that needs to be primaried.
But he also spent a good amount of time talking
about his own legal troubles.
He railed against special counsel Jack Smith.
He criticized the Justice Department.
And he revived the well-worn playbook
that we've seen him use time and time again
when talking about the charges and the mounting indictments
that are looming in front of him, which is to characterize
them as election interference.
And my colleague Kate Sullivan and I caught up with some rally
attendees as they were heading into the venue
before his speech, and they told us
that they think Donald Trump is entirely right in the sense
that they do think that he is the victim of a political witch
hunt, and that, really, the Biden
family needs to be more focused on in an investigative context.
And so I think you're going to continue
to see Donald Trump using the same rhetoric as he moves
forward and continues forward with his very
aggressive campaign schedule.
Alayna Treene, CNN Erie, Pennsylvania.