‘It’s a witch hunt. I ‘m totally innocent ‘ — Trump
Donald Trump, the first former US president convicted of a felony, was sentenced by a New York judge Friday to no jail for his hush money case, setting him up to return to the White House this month with a criminal record.
Justice Juan Merchan on Friday gave Trump a so-called unconditional discharge at a hearing attended virtually by the president-elect. The sentence means Trump emerges from the case without any probation, fine, or continued responsibility to the court, after being found guilty on 34 felony counts.
However, Trump denies these allegations, stating the prosecution has political motivations.
Trump attended the sentencing remotely from his Florida club. While delivering the sentence, Judge Juan M Merchan said that despite Trump’s substantial legal protections, these do not invalidate the jury’s decision.
The President-elect called the case against him a “political witch hunt” and described it as “a very terrible experience”
“This has been a very terrible experience. I think it’s been a set back for New York and New York court system. This is case that Alvin Bragg did not want to bring. It’s been a political witch hunt, it was done to damage my reputation. I am innocent,” said Trump.
