Donald Trump has said he will appeal the "scam" conviction that found him guilty in his landmark hush money criminal trial, calling the verdict "very unfair".
He was convicted of all 34 counts of falsifying business accounts in New York on Thursday, becoming the first ex-American president in history to become a convicted criminal.
Responding to the verdict from Trump Tower on Friday, he said: "If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. These are bad people, they are potentially sick people."
He criticised Judge Juan Merchan, claiming he was "conflicted", and went on to call the trial unfair: "We weren’t allowed to use our election expert under any circumstances.
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