Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Wednesday to rage against the civil fraud judgment made against him earlier this year, which put him on the hook for over $450 million in damages and limited his ability to operate in New York.
His complaint arrived days after Trump was convicted in a New York City courtroom on 34 counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former president has been charged with a felony.
"I built a Magnificent Business, which helped rebuild New York City and State, with Amazing, Unparalleled, Historic Properties and tons of CASH, which Crooked Joe Biden and his Prosecutors are trying to wrongfully and illegally take away from me," wrote Trump.
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"The statute used to attack me has never been used for such a terrible purpose before — No Jury allowed, ridiculous $18 Million for Mar-a-Lago, ignored Statute of Limitations, Ironclad Disclaimer Clauses, No Damages, No Victims, just a Fake 'Case.'"
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Trump then railed against topics that include New York City, "Communist China," President Joe Biden and companies.
"We will continue to figure to end this Sham, which is forcing companies and people to flee New York, and not allowing any companies to enter, if they did they would be crazy, because they don’t need the Communist China, or old Soviet Union model of business to interfere with their Prosperity and Success, and all of the other Crooked Joe-directed Hoaxes, once and for all," Trump wrote. "MAGA!"
The former president is currently in the process of appealing the fraud decision, decided by Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump had difficulty securing the bond until an appellate court reduced it to $175 million and gave him extra time.
Trump is likewise expected to appeal his criminal conviction to a higher New York court, but will have to wait until sentencing, which is scheduled for July 11.
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