The American people have just witnessed history in the making.
After literal years of waiting on bated breath to see Donald J. Trump finally held accountable to the law and his crimes — and many, many sleepless nights of truly wondering if that day would ever come — American history was made just moments ago when a jury of 12 of Donald Trump’s peers delivered a guilty verdict against the former president on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan Stormy Daniels Hush Money trial, after nearly 12 hours of deliberation spread across two days.
This is the very first time, in the history of the United States of America, that a sitting or former US president has been convicted of a crime.
CNN reported on every moment of the trial, writing that ex-President Trump sat stone still, motionless, staring straight forward as the jury read their verdict into the court.
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As Donald departed Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom as an official felon, flanked by his middle son Eric, CNN reported that the former president was “red in the face, and both father and son looked upset.”
Trump stopped to speak with the gaggle of reporters gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse, where he quickly expressed his rage over the guilty verdict, calling the entire thing a “rigged trial” and a “disgrace.”
“We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man,” Trump declared on his way out of the courthouse.
He further added that “the real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people,” referencing the impending general election.
Donald Trump is a candidate and presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election that will take place in November of this year.
“They know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here,” he added.
The ex-president went on to viciously attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who prosecuted this case, as well as sitting President Joe Biden, who he falsely accused of influencing this case.
See Trump’s remarks here:
Trump’s full remarks following the guilty verdict pic.twitter.com/5NrkNsuiHu
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