Donald Trump decried that his hush money trial was a “witch hunt” during his sentencing hearing Friday, but he saved his biggest fireworks for a post-hearing rant on Truth Social.
“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 underscored his 2024 election victory, saying in court that he won the popular vote by millions of votes.
“The people of our country got to see this first hand because they watched the case in your courtroom. They got to see this first hand, and then they voted, and I won,” he added.
“I think it was a disgrace to the system. I was under a gag order.
“I’m the first president in history that was under a gag order, I guess I’m still under, so I probably won’t do it now.
“But the fact is I’m totally innocent. I did nothing wrong. They talk about business records and the business records were extremely accurately counted.
“I had nothing to do with them anyway that was done by an accountant or bookkeeper, who I think gave a very accurate testimony.
“I got indicted over calling a legal expense a legal expense. I just want to say I think it’s an embarrassment to New York, and New York has a lot of problems, but this is a great embarrassment.”
