
Trump Responds After NY Guilty Verdict
(ZeroHedge) – Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his New York ‘hush money’ trial. The outcome makes him the first former president to become a convicted felon.
Trump reportedly stared ahead motionless as the verdict was read.
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The trial centered on allegations that Trump falsified business records in order to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 US election. Prosecutors under Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg argued that Trump oversaw a scheme to influence the 2016 election by using Trump Organization records to conceal the payments.
“Everything Mr. Trump and his cohorts did in this case is cloaked in lies,” said prosecutor Joshua Steinglass. “The evidence is literally overwhelming.”
Trump Responds
“This is a rigged, disgraceful trial,” Trump said in response, adding “The real verdict will be on November 5.”
“This is a rigged trial.”
Donald Trump speaks outside court where he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels. https://t.co/zqzQfCTEr8
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 30, 2024
JUST IN: Donald Trump releases the following video after he was found guilty in the New York City hush money trial.
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“This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the war mongers from our government. We will drive out the… pic.twitter.com/YdVK3GJDH0
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 30, 2024
Judge Juan Merchan will now decide Trump’s sentence on July 11 – days before Republicans are set to select him as the 2024 nominee. The crime has a maximum sentence of four years in prison. That said, Merchan could also opt for home confinement, probation, supervised release, fines or community service.
They are polling the jury now. There was not response from Trump. Merchan is thanking the jury.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 30, 2024
Biden Campaign Responds
“In New York today, we saw that no one is above the law,” reads a statement.
“Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain. But today’s verdict does not change the fact that American people face a simple reality. There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.”
Biden campaign releases a statement on Donald Trump’s convictions. pic.twitter.com/Gs3tX4CxxL
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) May 30, 2024
Trump is certain to appeal the verdict, which could take months or even years – however Democrats now have their ‘Felon Trump’ talking point which they think will help Joe Biden come November.
Such bullshit.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 30, 2024
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And as ‘End Wokeness’ notes, there’s no turning back from the new precedent which has just been set by Democrats.
You will remember where you were today for the rest of your life.
America just passed a rubicon.
There’s no turning back.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 30, 2024
Meanwhile, WinRed, the Republican donation platform, is currently overwhelmed.
A GOP source told me that WinRed, the Republican donation platform, is overwhelmed at the moment. pic.twitter.com/fqMJCehx7D
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 30, 2024
The 77-year-old Trump still faces criminal trials in Washington and Georgia over alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as one in Florida pertaining to his handling of classified national security documents taken from the White House.
Dems have reached the “send election opponents to jail” stage of defending Democracy
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 30, 2024
I have been a sharp critic of Donald Trump, and unlike the corporate media, for good reasons. This is an utter disgrace to a professed free society. This conviction is the result of one thing: The shadow government attempting to stop him from becoming President again.
— Dave Smith (@ComicDaveSmith) May 30, 2024
How long can our Republic survive once partisans have taken over the judicial process? This verdict will tragically undermine Americans’ confidence in impartial justice. A sad day for America…
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 30, 2024
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We all know the verdict already, because this thing was rigged from the beginning. A dirty prosecutor ran an illegal case using a corrupt judge and a jury pool of left-wing Biden voters to convict and sideline the ruling regime’s top political opponent. You don’t hate these…
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 30, 2024
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(TLB) published this article from ZeroHedge as posted by Tyler Durden
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