Donald Trump Speaks as US Judge Sentences Him in Hush-money Case, Shares Next Action
- Following his 'unconditional discharge' in the hush money case on Friday, January 10, US President-elect Donald Trump came down heavily on "Radical Democrats"
- Taking to the social media platform Truth Social, Trump argued that instead of his prosecution, efforts should have been directed to issues such as crime in New York City and the US
- Trump also referenced the coordination between the current Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration and what he described as the "Weaponisation" of the Justice Department
- The president-elect said that the charges against him were "baseless, illegal, and fake," and pointed to the "unconditional discharge" he received as evidence that there was no merit to the case
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New York, USA - United States (US) president-elect, Donald Trump, on Friday, January 10, 2025, fumed after he was sentenced to “unconditional discharge”.
Legit.ng recalls that a Manhattan jury in May 2024 found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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In the latest development, Judge Juan Merchan delivered a verdict 24 hours after the US Supreme Court rejected an attempt by Trump’s legal team to delay sentencing before the Republican leader’s inauguration on Monday, January 20, 2025.
This was the only one of Trump's criminal charges to go to trial, making him the first former or future US president to be convicted of criminal charges.
US: Donald Trump to appeal sentencing
As reported by CNN on Friday, January 10, 2025, Trump responded to his hush money sentencing in a post on Truth Social. The 78-year-old railed against Democrats and promised to appeal.
He said in the post:
“The Radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt."
Donald Trump argued that “there was never a case.”
He said:
“The real Jury, the American People, have spoken, by Re-Electing me with an overwhelming MANDATE in one of the most consequential Elections in History. As the American People have seen, this ‘case’ had no crime, no damages, no proof, no facts, no Law, only a highly conflicted Judge, a star witness who is a disbarred, disgraced, serial perjurer, and criminal Election Interference."
The incoming American leader added:
“Today’s event was a despicable charade, and now that it is over, we will appeal this Hoax, which has no merit, and restore the trust of Americans in our once great System of Justice."
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