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National News See other National News Articles Title: "A Political Witch Hunt": Trump Rages After Judge Rules No Jail, Fines For Hush Money Conviction Update (1126ET): "This has been a weaponization of government… I’d just like to exclaim that I was treated very, very unfairly," Trump said in remarks following his sentencing. ALX 🇺🇸 @alx BREAKING: Donald Trump speaks after being sentenced in New York court https://x.com/i/status/1877750990629163460 Update (1126ET): "This has been a weaponization of government… I’d just like to exclaim that I was treated very, very unfairly," Trump said in remarks following his sentencing. As the session began, Trump, wearing a red tie with white stripes, sat silently and did not respond when Merchan greeted him, Reuters reports. Merchan sentenced Trump, 78, to unconditional discharge, which places a judgement of guilt on Trump's permanent record - without any other legal penalties. "It is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the United States that are extraordinary, not the occupant," said Merchan, as Trump listened during a virtual appearance. "Never before has this court been presented with such a unique and remarkable set of circumstances." As the Epoch Times notes further, Merchan asserted that “Donald Trump the ordinary citizen, Donald Trump the criminal defendant” would not be entitled to the presidency’s protections. He said that office is the only one that shields Trump from the verdict’s seriousness. He wished Trump “Godspeed” as he prepares for a second term in office before Merchan left the bench. Trump also notably called the judge’s impartiality into question when he requested Merchan’s recusal, citing his daughter’s relationship with a Democratic group. Trump had attempted to halt sentencing with multiple appeals to New York courts and the U.S. Supreme Court—each of which ultimately denied his requests. The case could nonetheless spawn future appeals and result in the conviction being overturned. During Trump's trial, he was held in contempt 10 times and faced multiple gag orders, before a jury found him guilty in May on 24 felony counts of falsifying business records. "I’m totally innocent, I did nothing wrong," said Trump before sentencing. "It's been a political witch hunt," he continued. "It was done to damage my reputation so I would lose the election and obviously that didn’t work." Trump says he will appeal in a post to Truth Social: The Radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt. After spending tens of millions of dollars, wasting over 6 years of obsessive work that should have been spent on protecting New Yorkers from violent, rampant crime that is destroying the City and State, coordinating with the Biden/Harris Department of Injustice in lawless Weaponization, and bringing completely baseless, illegal, and fake charges against your 45th and 47th President, ME, I was given an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. That result alone proves that, as all Legal Scholars and Experts have said, THERE IS NO CASE, THERE WAS NEVER A CASE, and this whole Scam fully deserves to be DISMISSED. 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. 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. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! * * * Authored by Jonathan Turley, Poster Comment: Trump Promises To Reveal What's Going On With The Drones “They don’t want to talk about it, and nobody knows why...” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-promises-reveal-whats-going-drones Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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