Trump says guilty verdict is a 'scar' on New York justice system, vows to 'keep fighting'

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump told Fox News Digital his guilty verdict is a "scar" on the New York justice system, while vowing to "keep fighting" and maintaining that Election Day will be "the most important day in the history of our country."

The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree on Thursday after two days of jury deliberations.

TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN NEW YORK CRIMINAL TRIAL

The charges stemmed from a years-long investigation out of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The current DA, Alvin Bragg, took over the investigation in 2022.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital shortly after the verdict, Trump said it is "a sad day for New York and a sad day for the country."

"The whole thing was rigged from day one — from the venue to the judge," he told Fox News Digital. "But I’ve never had support like this."

Trump said upon returning to Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan Thursday evening, he was greeted by thousands of supporters "going crazy."

Trump pointed to Judge Juan Merchan, saying he was "conflicted," and said the venue for the trial — Lower Manhattan — was "about as bad as it could possibly be."

"We couldn’t get a fair trial," Trump told Fox News Digital. "It’s a sad day for New York and a sad day for the country."

The former president said "we have to think about how something like this could have happened to our country."

"We have a corrupt, Soros-backed DA — just think about what has happened to our country," he said. "It is hard to believe."

He added: "It’s a disgrace to the city, the state and the country."

But the former president and presumptive Republican presidential