11:30 a.m. ET, May 31, 2024
Trump says crime he was convicted of “sounds bad” but insists he did nothing wrong
Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York City on May 31.
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Donald Trump says the 34 felony counts of falsifying business records he was convicted of Thursday sound worse than they are.
“Falsifying business records — that sounds so bad, to me it sounds very bad,” Trump said.
“That’s a bad thing for me, I’ve never had that before,” he added.
But Trump disputed that characterization of his crimes, saying he had a legal expense — paying lawyer Michael Cohen — and that it was documented as a legal expense.
A bookkeeper “correctly marked it down in the books,” the former president said, claiming that was done “without any knowledge from me.”
“What else are you going to call it?” Trump said.
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