Future President of the United States Donald Trump claims that the projected verdict in the so-called racketeering trial is an illegal political attack. Trump commented on the matter on social media.
Judge Juan Merchan rejected a request by Trump’s lawyers to have the case dismissed Friday and said a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 10.
In May, Trump was found guilty of falsifying accounting during the 2016 presidential election, when he had covered up the fact that he had been paid by a porn actress by Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about the alleged relationship between the two.