Donald Trump confirms he will appeal against his conviction for falsifying business records, as President Joe Biden criticises his 'dangerous' claim the trial was rigged.
Donald Trump held a half-hour press conference, repeating criticisms of the trial that saw him convicted of falsifying business records.Former US president Donald Trump has confirmed he will appeal after a New York jury found him guilty in his hush money criminal trial.
He is due to be sentenced on July 11, just days before he's scheduled to formally become the Republicans' presidential candidate at the party's national convention in Milwaukee.President Joe Biden said Trump was entitled to appeal, but it was dangerous and reckless to suggest the trial was rigged "just because they don't like the verdict".
Even if he is jailed, he can still run for president, though he would not be able to vote from prison.Trump also took aim at his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, despite an order that prohibits him commenting publicly about trial witnesses. Trump has not criticised the jurors, who reached a unanimous verdict after less than two days of deliberations, but he has suggested they were given "biased" instructions.
"It's not hush money," he told reporters at Trump Tower in New York. "It's a non-disclosure agreement. Totally legal, totally common." "From just minutes after the sham trial verdict was announced, our digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with support," a campaign statement said.
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