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A highly anticipated speech, the day after the verdict in the criminal trial which found him guilty of 34 counts. “We will appeal this scam”asserts Donald Trump, during a press conference on Friday May 31, organized from his skyscraper in Manahattan, New York (United States).
“I’m being gagged, this all comes from Joe Biden.” continued the former American president, denouncing a trial “rigged”. The billionaire was found guilty of phoning up payments to buy the silence of former pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had an extramarital affair with him. The conviction of a former occupant of the White House is a first in the history of the United States.
Support from the Kremlin and the Italian Deputy Prime Minister. The spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, denounced Friday “an ongoing elimination of political adversaries by all possible legal and illegal means.” For his part, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, expressed his “full support” for Donald Trump. “In Italy, we are unfortunately accustomed to the exploitation of the judicial system by the left”wrote on X this close ally of Marine Le Pen.
Donald Trump denounces a “rigged” procedure. At the end of the hearing held on Thursday, the billionaire denounced a procedure “rigged” and sponsored by “the administration [du président Joe] Biden”. “The real verdict will take place on November 5”presidential election day “and it is the people who will repay it”assured the former president.
The sentence will be known on July 11. It will be pronounced by the judge, Juan Merchan. Donald Trump faces up to four years in prison. On Thursday, a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 counts against him, after two days of deliberation. The billionaire’s lawyer, Todd Blancheannounced that he would appeal.
His candidacy for the presidential election not called into question. Despite this unprecedented conviction, the American billionaire can still run for a new presidential term. Nothing in the US Constitution prohibits him, even if he were sentenced to prison.
