Trump says radical democrats lost ‘unAmerican witch hunt’ after unconditional discharge’ in hush money case

By Anjali Sharma

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday wrote on social media platform Truth Social, said that radical democrats lost ‘unAmerican witch hunt’ after his unconditional discharge’ in hush money case and argued that this effort should have been focused on issues such as crime in New York City and the State.

He criticized the investigation, which he claims involved extensive time and resources and further denounced it as an “another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt”.

Trump also referenced the coordination between the current Biden-Harris administration and what he described as the “Weaponization” of the Justice Department.

He said that the charges against him were “baseless, illegal, and fake,” and pointed to the “unconditional discharge” he received as evidence that there was no merit to the case.

“The Radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt. After spending tens of millions of dollars, wasting over 6 years of obsessive work that should have been spent on protecting New Yorkers from violent, rampant crime that is destroying the City and State, coordinating with the Biden/Harris Department of Injustice in lawless Weaponisation, and bringing completely baseless, illegal, and fake charges against your 45th and 47th President, ME, I was given an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE,” Trump said.

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced an ‘unconditional discharge’ to President-elect Trump, because of which he won’t be facing any jail time or penalties in the hush money case.

According to court papers the sentencing was expected, means Trump will remain a felon but face no jail time, penalties or probation for his conviction in the hush money case.

Trump asserted that legal experts and scholars had agreed there was no case, and he called for the case to be dismissed.

He emphasized his re-election as proof that the American people had made their decision, claimed a “mandate” in what he called one of the most important elections in US history and criticized the legal proceedings, cited a “conflicted” judge, a key witness with a troubled legal history, and alleged election interference.

“That result alone proves that, as all Legal Scholars and Experts have said, THERE IS NO CASE, THERE WAS NEVER A CASE, and this whole Scam fully deserves to be DISMISSED. The real Jury, the American People, have spoken, by Re-Electing me with an overwhelming MANDATE in one of the most consequential Elections in History. As the American People have seen, this “case” had no crime, no damages, no proof, no facts, no Law, only a highly conflicted Judge, a star witness who is a disbarred, disgraced, serial perjurer, and criminal Election Interference. Today’s event was a despicable charade, and now that it is over, we will appeal this Hoax, which has no merit, and restore the trust of Americans in our once great System of Justice. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!,” Trump stated.

“The real Jury, the American People, have spoken, by Re-Electing me with an overwhelming MANDATE in one of the most consequential Elections in History,” Trump said. “As the American People have seen, this ‘case’ had no crime, no damages, no proof, no facts, no Law, only a highly conflicted Judge, a star witness who is a disbarred, disgraced, serial perjurer, and criminal Election Interference.”

Donald Trump was convicted in May 2023 of falsifying records to conceal payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen, who reimbursed a $130,000 hush money payment made to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump before the 2016 election.

Trump outright has denied the affair.