Trump lawyer says he will appeal verdict ‘as soon as we can’

By AFP 31 May 2024, 4:31 am

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Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 29, 2024. (Curtis Means / POOL / AFP)

Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche says the real estate mogul will appeal his guilty verdict after becoming the first former US president ever convicted of a crime in his hush money trial.

Blanche indicates on CNN that Trump would push forward with post-trial motions and “if that is not successful, then as soon as we can appeal we will. And the process in New York is there’s a sentencing, and then we appeal from there.”