The former president sat desolately at the defense table as he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
“This was a disgrace, this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,” he said outside court. “It’s a rigged trial, a disgrace, they wouldn’t give us a venue change... This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people—and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here.”
His campaign team was quick to grab the baton, blasting out a fundraising email in which Trump claimed he’d become “A POLITICAL PRISONER” just minutes later. But now, shoulders slumped and wearing a vaguely doleful expression, he barely reacted from behind the defense table as Justice Juan Merchan polled and then thanked the jurors.
None of the jurors looked at Trump as they filed back out. The former president puffed out his chest and arched his back slightly as the attorneys in the room haggled over procedural matters and a July 11 sentencing date was set by Merchan.
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