Trump responds to his guilty verdict by falsely blasting a 'rigged trial'
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Donald Trump has attacked the judge and the star witness in his hush money criminal trial and criticized New York’s criminal justice system while trying to repackage his conviction as fuel, not an impediment, to his latest White House bid.
Trump spoke to reporters at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted.
President Joe Biden responded by blasting Trump's response, saying the Republican former president “was given every opportunity to defend himself.” The Democratic president says it's reckless, dangerous and irresponsible ”for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict."
Donald Trump remains defiant one day
after his historic felony conviction
this morning he gave a lengthy at times
Meandering speech aing grievances
against the judge the witnesses and the
case as a whole President Joe Biden also
responding today giving his first public
comments since that verdict was handed
down it is Friday afternoon I'm Brian
Taff and I'm Sarah Bloomquist the big
story on Action News is the historic
verdict sending Ripple effects up and
down the American political system
Donald Trump now the first former
president to be convicted of a felony
and now the first convicted felon to run
for the nation's highest office ABC's
Morgan Norway joining us now live from
New York City with M what's next
Morgan yeah Brian Sarah as you pointed
out Donald Trump railing on the judge
right the da Michael Cohen as well who
by the way was a star witness in this
case the former president defiant as he
vows to appeal this conviction meanwhile
President Biden for the first time
weighing in on this verdict
just one day after his historic felony
conviction former president Donald Trump
sounding off slamming the da and the
judge while also downplaying the charges
and conviction I paid a lawyer totally
legal I paid a lawyer a legal expense
Trump also taking aim at Michael Cohen
his former attorney and fixer who
testified for the prosecution he didn't
name Cohen outright instead hurling
insults despite the act of gang order
barring him from talking about Witnesses
in the case and I'm not allowed to use
his name because of the gag order but
you know he's a SLE bag everybody knows
that in the final stretch of the trial
Michael Cohen testified that Trump
directed him to pay off adult film
actress stormmy Daniels to keep quiet
about a sexual encounter with Trump but
Trump denies all of this so voters
wouldn't find out ahead of the 2016
election Cohen in his first remarks
following Trump's conviction praising
the verdict so this has been a long time
coming for accountability jurors heard
hours of testimony from 22 Witnesses
after roughly 10 hours hours of
deliberations over the course of two
days the 12p person panel of New Yorkers
returning a stunning unanimous guilty
verdict on 34 counts of falsifying
business records President Biden who has
largely refrained from commenting on the
case during trial speaking out about the
verdict for the first time the American
principle that no one is above the law
was reaffirmed it's irresponsible for
anyone to say this was rigged just
because they don't like the
verdict our justice system is in endured
for nearly 250 years and it literally is
the Cornerstone of America our justice
system the justi system should be
respected and we should never allow
anyone to tear it down it's as simple as
that and so again Trump stated that his
team plans to appeal that verdict as for
the sentencing Trump will learn his Fate
on July 11 that is just 4 days before
the Republican National Convention he
could face penalties r ranging from a
fine or even probation or up to 4 years
behind bars live in New York I'm Morgan
Norway Channel 6 Action News