Trump speech live: Trump claims witnesses were ‘literally crucified’ as he blasts judge and guilty verdict

Donald Trump gave a rambling speech at Trump Tower the morning after he became the first US president to be criminally convicted.

He spoke to the press and assembled supporters following his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday.

Trump claimed on Friday that witnesses were “literally crucified” in his case as he slammed the judge yet again as being “highly conflicted” and for being a “tyrant.”

The former commander-in-chief also asserted that the US is a “fascist state” as he blamed the Biden administration for his conviction.

Trump insisted on Thursday that he’s “a very innocent man” after the jury at his New York hush money trial found him guilty on all of the counts he faced.

The defendant sat emotionless as the jury delivered its unanimous verdict, convicting Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment made to the porn star Stormy Daniels on his behalf in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in order to buy her silence over a sexual encounter she claims they had a decade earlier, which Trump denies.

Sentencing has been scheduled for 11 July.

A unanimous 12-person jury in New York found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts against him in his so-called hush money case.

The jury agreed, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Trump not only had a hand in falsifying records but did so in order to commit or conceal another crime – specifically, that he violated state law against conspiracy to influence an election by “unlawful means.”

Those “unlawful means” include violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act, the falsification of other business records, and violations of state and federal tax laws.

Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 counts in his hush money