Trump begs Supreme Court to intervene in hush money trial conviction

Donald Trump has begged the Supreme Court to intervene after he was convicted on 34 counts in his hush money trial.

Trump became the first former president in US history to be criminally convicted on Thursday after he wasfound guilty of falsifying business records in order to conceal hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels, in exchange for her silence about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter, in the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

The payment was part of an election conspiracy to kill negative stories about Trump’s alleged affairs that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.

The former president denied the affair and all the charges against him, telling reporters outside the courtroom that he was a “very innocent man”.

Since then, he has continued to criticize the trial, arguing that the Supreme Court should intervene.

He wrote on his Truth Social platform: “The “Sentencing” for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left Soros backed D.A., who ran on a platform of “I will get Trump,” reporting to an “Acting” Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED, will make a decision which will determine the future of our Nation? The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!”

Republican speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson made similar comments on Fox News’ Fox & Friends breakfast show last week, calling the trial “unprecedented” and “dangerous to our system”.

“I do believe the Supreme Court should step in. Obviously this is totally unprecedented, and it’s dangerous to our system,” Johnson said.

“This is diminishing the American people’s faith in our system of