Trump came out of the courtroom visibly perturbed after the jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
‘This was a rigged, disgraceful trial,’ he lamented in front of eagerly-awaiting camera crews and press.
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The ex-president said the ‘real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.’
‘Everyone know what happened here…this is a Soros-backed DA.’
‘We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man.’
‘That’s okay, I’m fighting for our country, I’m fighting for our Constitution. This was done by the Biden administration in order to hurt a political opponent.’
‘I think it’s just a disgrace. And we’ll keep fighting and fight till the end and we’ll win because our country’s gone to hell.’
The former president called the trial that convicted him ‘rigged’ and called it a ‘disgrace’ and claimed it was ‘done by the Biden administration.’
Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
The jury of seven men and five women made their decision after five weeks of dramatic evidence and 22 witnesses being quizzed on the stand.
He is the first former president in history to be convicted of a crime.
The case is the first time a former U.S. President has faced a criminal trial. Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential candidate and is set to take on Joe Biden in November’s election.
Donald Trump’s criminal trial related to the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels was just the first of four criminal cases against the ex-president to go to trial.
Trump, who is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, also faces charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into election interference and the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as well as charges for mishandling classified documents in Florida.
Separately, Trump, 77, faces charges for election interference in Georgia.
In total, Trump faced 88 criminal counts including the 34 he was convicted of on Thursday in New York. That leaves another 54 counts.
Trump has pleaded not guilty on all charges.
Trial dates for the three other criminal cases have not yet been set.
Donald Trump ‘s criminal trial related to the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels was just the first of four criminal cases against the ex-president to go to trial.
Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon he could lose some of his individual liberties, possibly including his ability to vote and own firearms.
Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon he could lose some of his individual liberties, possibly including his ability to vote and own firearms.
Thursday afternoon in a New York courthouse, a 12-person jury found Trump guilty of 34 felonies related to falsifying hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The former president’s sentencing is expected to take place on July 11.
What happens at that hearing will be critical to what rights Trump will retain and what liberties he may be stripped of.