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By contrast, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, in comments to the media following the sentencing, emphasized the case’s consistency with the work typically done by his office.
Jurors unanimously found Trump guilty of all 34 counts, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a felony.
The trial involved allegations that Trump falsified business records to cover up secret payments of money to Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who said she had sex with the married Trump in 2006.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty and denied having an affair with Daniels, did not testify at the trial, but outside the courthouse repeatedly claimed the case was “rigged,” allegations he repeated after the sentencing today.
”This was a rigged decision from day one with an embattled judge who should never have been allowed to hear this case,” Trump said.
He said the “real verdict” will come on November 5, the date of the upcoming US presidential election, for which Trump is the presumptive Republican candidate.
He claims without evidence that the case is politically motivated.
“This was done by the Biden administration to hurt or injure an opponent, a political opponent,” Trump said.
He said he was a “very innocent man” who had “done nothing wrong”.
As he has done in previous remarks outside the courtroom, Trump mixed the court case with his presidential ambitions, vowing to “keep fighting.”
“We will keep fighting, we will fight to the end and we will win because our country has gone to hell,” he said.
“We don’t have the same country anymore, we have a divided mess.”
Donald Trump has announced that he will run for president in 2024
“I am fighting for our country. I am fighting for our constitution
Trump’s legal team, which sought an acquittal after the verdict, indicated it would appeal the outcome.
A sentencing date is set for July 11.
Bragg did not say whether prosecutors would seek a prison sentence.
He praised the prosecution team and the jury for their contribution.
“Although this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we came to this trial and ultimately today to this verdict, the same way we do any other case that comes through the doors of the courtroom,” he said. .
“By following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor.”
He said the white-collar crimes Trump was found guilty of were “at the core” of the work his office does.
“I did my job, we did our job,” he said.
“There are many voices, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken.”
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