As America on Friday began to absorb the conviction of Donald J. Trump, a first for an American President, he criticised the criminal case and the judge who oversaw it.

Trump derided the trial as “rigged” and attacked the judge in his first public comments since a Manhattan jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign. He also made misleading statements about the case and what took place at the trial.

Trump delivered the comments inside Trump Tower in Manhattan, a gilded venue on Fifth Avenue far more photogenic than the drab courtroom hallway where he had been delivering remarks since
his criminal trial began in April.

The former President on Thursday was convicted of 34 felonies stemming from a scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election by silencing a porn star’s account of a sexual liaison with him a decade earlier.

New York Times News News Service