Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took a victory lap after former President Trump was found guilty on 34 counts, saying his office was “doing our job.”
“I have done my job. Our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear or favor. And that is exactly what we have done here. And what I feel is gratitude to work with phenomenal public servants who do that every day in matters that you all write about.… I did my job. We did our job. The only vote that matters is the jury's vote,” Bragg said Thursday evening.
Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying corporate records in the first degree. The jury returned its verdict late Thursday afternoon, finding Trump guilty on all counts.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks after the guilty verdict in former President Trump's criminal trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
“The twelve everyday jurors promised to make a decision based on the evidence and the law, and the evidence and the law alone. Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying corporate records in the first degree to conceal a scheme to steal the 2016 election corrupt,” Bragg continued at the news conference, adding that such white-collar crime is “at the heart of what we do at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. ”
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Former President Trump returns to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/pool photo via AP)
“While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict the same way every other case that comes before the courtroom doors does, by the facts and the law to follow and to do so without fear or favour.”
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks after the guilty verdict in former President Trump's criminal trial at a news conference in New York, May 30, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
After the jury returned the verdict, Trump also addressed the media, where he vowed to continue fighting for the Constitution and the nation ahead of the 2024 elections.
“This was a rigged, shameful trial. The real verdict will be pronounced by the people on November 5,” Trump said outside court on Thursday.
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Former President Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being found guilty of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
“This was a rigged decision from day one. With a conflicted judge who should never have tried this case. Ever. And we will fight for our Constitution. This is far from over.”
The verdict comes after six weeks of trial in Manhattan District Court, which largely kept Trump out of the campaign trial.
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Trump will be sentenced in the case on July 11, just a few days before the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee.
