Trump attacks corrupt New York judge for upholding his Hush Money conviction

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In social media posts on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the US justice system and suggested there has never been a president so viciously and illegally treated as he was, after Judge Juan Merchan upheld Trump's guilty verdict in his hush money case and scheduled his sentencing. .

The president-elect criticized the US justice system and claimed he was convicted of forgery and… [+] accusations made up by a corrupt judge.

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Trump wrote on Truth Social saying that corrupt judges are so blinded by their hatred of me and that my political ideology has made a mockery of the American justice system.

On Friday, Merchan rejected Trump's request to vacate his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records, after ruling that Trump's Jan. 10 conviction would not disrupt his upcoming presidency.

In a previous Truth Social article, Trump maintained his innocence and claimed the charges against him were made up by Merchan, whom Trump criticized as the most divisive judge in New York state history , while suggesting that Merchan be disbarred.

Trump also denounced New York's justice system as corrupt, saying the state's corrupt courts are the reason people and businesses are fleeing the state.

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There has never been a president who has been treated as viciously and illegally as I have been, Trump wrote, adding: “Corrupt Democratic judges and prosecutors stood up to a president's political opponent, me, to levels of injustice never seen before. Trump has frequently blamed prosecutors in his legal cases, including his classified documents case, in which Trump accused the Justice Department of waging a witch hunt against him in an effort to ruin his presidential campaign. After Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his companies to pay $454 million for fraudulently inflating the value of his assets, Trump claimed the civil suit was a witch hunt for election interference.

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Trump appeared to suggest he would appeal Mercans' decision, saying he [has] confidence that an appeals court would bring justice to America. Trump can appeal the verdict after Merchan formally sentences him, according to the judge, although it is not immediately clear how long that process would take to play out or whether it would continue while Trump is in the House White.

What sentence will Trump receive?

Merchan noted in his ruling that Trump would not be sentenced to prison, although he could still be fined up to $5,000 for each of the 34 counts, for a total of $170,000.

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In May, a New York jury convicted Trump of 34 counts of falsifying business records, following a weeklong trial over secret payments his former lawyer Michael Cohen made to the star adult film film Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. During the trial, prosecutors successfully argued that payments Trump repaid to Cohen through payments made in 2017 were falsely labeled as going to legal services. Since then, Trump has maintained his innocence and managed to delay his conviction after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump had some immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while president. Trump's sentencing was first delayed from July to September, then until after the election. It was then postponed indefinitely after Trump's victory in the November presidential election.

Further readingForbesTrump to be sentenced on January 10 as judge upholds Hush Money convictionBy Alison Durkee

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