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★ Make Showbiz411 your Preferred Source on GoogleDonald Trump is squealing this morning on social media.
After being convicted on 34 counts of felony fraud for paying hush money to Stormy Daniels, this is what Trump has to say:
“My bookkeeper called a “Legal Expense,” on the “tiny” description line of the Ledger, a “Legal Expense,” openly paid to my lawyer, at that time a fully accredited one. I was not involved in that designation, but what else would you have called it? It was, in fact, a LEGAL EXPENSE. That is the so-called “CRIME.” On top of that, I wasn’t allowed by the judge to use, in any form, the standard RELIANCE ON COUNSEL DEFENSE (ADVICE OF COUNSEL!). My lawyer, at the time, did virtually everything on the NDA (NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT), and I assumed that what he did was correct. I did nothing wrong, and frankly, there was nothing done wrong – NDA’s are standard, commonly used, and LEGAL. MAGA2024! WITCH HUNT! IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ME, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!”
He has no remorse or contrition. He seems unaware of what happens next: sentencing on July 11th. His appeal process will keep him out of jail. But what Republican in their right mind would vote again for this person?
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