Donald Trump has condemned the hush money investigation into him as a “hoax” ahead of his sentencing later this month, when he could be sent to prison.
In posts on Truth Social, the former president shared recent opinions from legal experts, such as assistant U.S attorney for the Southern District of New York Andrew C. McCarthy, and fellow lawyers David B. Rivkin and Elizabeth Price Foley, who have suggested the falsifying business records charges against Trump should be dismissed.
In May, Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations he instructed his then lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep an alleged affair she and Trump had a secret ahead of the 2016 election. The money was listed in Trump’s company records as legal fees.
Trump is due to be sentenced on September 18, and legal experts have suggested he will not …