What did Donald Trump claim about law on 10 Jan 2025?
Donald Trump, President-elect of the United States ·
They talk about business records, and the business records were extremely accurately counted. I had nothing to do with them.
A jury found otherwise. A Manhattan jury convicted Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, a crime that requires making or causing a false entry. His appeal remained pending in November 2025.
A Manhattan jury convicted Trump on May 30, 2024 of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a crime that under New York Penal Law § 175.10 requires making or causing a false entry in the business records of an enterprise with intent to defraud. As of the Second Circuit's November 6, 2025 opinion, his state appeal of the conviction remained pending (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, People v. Trump, Nov. 6, 2025).
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- Statement to the court, by video, at his sentencing hearing before Justice Juan Merchan in People v. Trump in Manhattan.
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