Former President Donald Trump speaks after being found guilty in hush money case — 5/31/2024

Former President Donald Trump holds a press conference on Friday. A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a hush money payment made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks after being found guilty in hush money case — 5/31/2024

[CEO_DVValkrie]

If other presidents commit crimes, they also need to be held accountable. PERIOD.

[harvey]

"I would have testified like no one has ever testified in the history of testifying"

[williamturnier]

This guy is sick. Real sick. Disjointed rants like this is what I would see on visits to nursing homes that specialize in dealing with dementia patients. It is all over the place. We can’t trust him with the nuclear codes.

[VeganCheeseburger]

"if they can do this to me, they can do this to everyone" - uh, yeah, that's how the law works. No one is above it.

[VegasVaron]

You know how hard it is to get 12 people (i.e. the jury) to agree to 34 things?! All in one sitting! You’re guilty man

[eperot]

At no point does he ever acknowledge that it was the PEOPLE (the jury) that found him unanimously guilty on all 34 charges.

[suitcasesal]

This is getting sad and pathetic. His family needs to step forward and put him in a home somewhere.

[lvernonprest]

I think all media should STOP giving him air time.

[bigbang]

My grandfather would rant like that but then he was 92 and lived in a care home.

[billbon]

"The psychopathic narcissist creates and maintains his or her own version of reality, seen and interpreted through the warped and distorted lens of pathological self-centeredness and self-deception. A narcissistic sociopath manipulates and harms others for their own personal gain."

[trishawilkins]

He spent 35 mins talking and said nothing. A rambling bunch of nothing other than what I did wasn’t illegal. Even though his attorney went to jail for it and Trump was totally fine with that. If it was all just legal you think he’d be upset someone went to jail unjustly. The patriot he is 🙄

[TJ-wvjo]

I don't consider myself a Republican or Democrat, but if you back this guy some self-examination is seriously needed.

[sheilaobrien]

"And, they're coming in from jails and prisons"...says the 34 time convicted felon.

[josebenito]

My Godness, a schoolboy of 10 can give a better speech 😅.

[zyrover]

This speech was absolutely horrible. No one has ever heard anything like it! Everyone hopes we never hear it again!

[wc]

Same old pile of lies and rambling nonsense. If you can listen to this and still feel like he is the answer to your prayers....You need serious therapy.

[schirtube]

The most nonsensical speech I've heard since his last one..."never seen anything like it"!

[hannahselznick]

I wish SNL had one more show!’ Too bad the season has concluded. Word salad.

[jewelzee]

People believe and follow this guy? It's difficult to understand why.

[karengorzkowski]

Talk about not being able to put two sentences together. He uses the same adjectives over and over. He is just blathering on and on.