A furious Donald Trump scolded New York and the criminal justice system as he was given a slap on the wrist in the hush money case on Friday.
The 78-year-old was spared jail and given an unconditional discharge for trying to hide hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged affair.
Before learning his fate- 10 days before his second inauguration – he called the trial a ‘political witch hunt’, said it was ‘terrible for New York’ and said it had damaged his reputation.
‘The people of our country got to see this first hand and voted, I won and got the largest number of votes of any Republican candidate in history,’ he said via a TV screen in the Manhattan Criminal Court.
Despite the lenient punishment, Trump will still be the first person in history to enter the White House as a convicted felon.
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