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Although the sentence carries no penalty for the incoming president, it upholds the jury’s earlier conviction, a decision Trump vehemently opposed. He labeled the case a politically motivated witch hunt and criticized the resources expended by New York authorities.

“After spending tens of millions of dollars, wasting over 6 years of obsessive work that should have been spent on protecting New Yorkers from violent, rampant crime that is destroying the City and State, coordinating with the Biden/Harris Department of Injustice in lawless Weaponization, and bringing completely baseless, illegal, and fake charges against your 45th and 47th President, ME, I was given an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE,” Trump stated.

Trump argued that the lack of penalties in the sentence demonstrated the case’s lack of merit. “That result alone proves that, as all Legal Scholars and Experts have said, THERE IS NO CASE, THERE WAS NEVER A CASE, and this whole Scam fully deserves to be DISMISSED,” he added.

The president-elect also referred to the American electorate as the ultimate jury, asserting that his re-election victory was a mandate against the charges. “The real Jury, the American People, have spoken, by Re-Electing me with an overwhelming MANDATE in one of the most consequential Elections in History,” he wrote.

Trump accused the case of lacking substantive evidence, relying instead on a biased judge and unreliable witnesses. He concluded by calling the trial an example of election interference.

The case, People v. Trump, No. 71543/23, was tried in the Supreme Court of New York County. Trump’s legal team has confirmed their intent to appeal the decision.