President-elect Donald Trump delivered a defiant statement prior to the announcement of his sentence in the New York hush money case brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday in which he called the case against him a “political witch hunt” and “setback” for the state’s legal system.
Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records last spring for his role in covering up hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign, who alleges that she had an affair with him in 2006.
Here’s what Trump had to say shortly before Judge Juan Merchan sentenced the president-elect to an unconditional discharge:
Yes. Thank you, Your Honor. This is been a very terrible experience. I think it’s been a tremendous setback for New York and the New York court system. This is a case that Alvin Bragg did not want to bring and he …
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