Former President Trump launched a fierce tirade on social media ahead of the jury’s verdict in the trial, which begins in New York on Wednesday.
The trial began just after 10 a.m. ET, with Judge Juan Marchan reading instructions to the jury calling for a verdict before moving on to reach a verdict on charges of falsifying business records against the former president.
“Duck court! Corrupt and inconsistent judges. First time reliance on counsel (advice of counsel) not acknowledged by Merchant,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
NY v. Trump: Judge Marchan gives jury instructions before deliberations
Former President Trump launched a fierce tirade on social media ahead of the jury beginning deliberations in the New York trial. (Donald Trump/Truth Social)
“His ruling on a case that according to all legal scholars and experts should never have been brought has turned this into a Biden driven witch hunt. There was no crime except for a vagrant who got caught stealing from me! In God We Trust!” he wrote.
Trump later posted a slamming various comments made by commentators defending him in the case, as well as the gag order imposed by Marchand.
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, attends his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York City. (Doug Mills/Pool via Reuters)
“The prosecutor’s office was allowed to continue their random interrogation for five hours yesterday. I have no right to resist the gag order of this corrupt judge!” he wrote.
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Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
