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Shortly after his Friday morning sentencing in the New York hush money case, President-elect Donald Trump responded to the outcome in a lengthy Truth Social post.
The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president wrote, “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.”
Trump justified his and others’ feelings about the case with Merchan’s decision not to impose a penalty. “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.”
He deemed his historic victory on November 5 as the true verdict of the case. “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.”
He concluded his post with his plans for the future. “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!”
In his sentencing, Merchan said, “After careful analysis and obedience of government mandates, pursuant of law, the court feels the only sentence is an unconditional discharge, which is a lawful and permissible sentence for falsifying business records.”
Trump, appearing virtually from Mar-a-Lago, said that the case was “an injustice of justice” and that he was “totally innocent.” He emphasized that the whole ordeal had been “a setback for New York.”
“This has been a very terrible experience,” Trump remarked.
