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President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan, with his attorney Todd Blanche, on January 10, 2025 in New York City.On Friday morning, a New York state judge officially sentenced former President Donald Trump, six months after he was convicted on 34 criminal charges relating to hush money payments he made through his business to conceal an extramarital affair ahead of the 2016 election.
In a Truth Social post shortly after the ruling, Trump complained about the Supreme Court’s action, falsely stating “every legal scholar… that this is a case that should never have been brought.” In fact, plenty of legal minds, including“For the sake and sanctity of the Presidency, I will be appealing this case, and am confident that JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL,” Trump promised.
Maintaining that he was “totally innocent” and “did nothing wrong,” Trump also parroted false claims that the federal Department of Justice had influenced prosecutors in the case, describing the investigation in terms he has used to disparage others in the past, including once more calling it a “witch hunt.
Despite multitudes of evidence showing wrongdoing in the criminal cases brought against him, Trump has often complained about supposed “lawfare” used against him. But he himself has promised to weaponize the law during his next term, repeatedly stating thatTrump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
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