As he is wont to do, President-elect Donald Trump made sure to get the last word in after Friday’s momentous developments.
Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ruled that while Trump will be “sentenced” for a number of felony charges (34 to be exact), the judge would not impose any actual punishment.
(Merchan could’ve sentenced Trump to four years in prison.)
Trump, understandably perturbed by the proceedings, blasted the trial as “a weaponization of government” and “an embarrassment to New York.”
Merchan, a Democrat, appeared to get in one snide little comment during the trial, according to the New York Post.
“Sir, I wish you Godspeed as you assume a second term in office,” Merchan told Trump.
Well wishes or not, Trump obviously couldn’t let Merchan get
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