This is a sketch of Trump on the opening day as a defendant in his hush money trial.

Trump at the opening day of the trial

Trump faced 34 felony counts in his hush money trial. He was found guilty of all 11 charges regarding invoices, all 11 charges for legal payments, and all 12 charges for ledger entries. He is facing a 41-count indictment in Georgia, 4-count charges at the federal level in Washington, and 40 in the classified documents case in Florida. I wasn’t a math major, but there are a total of 119 counts charged against him.

Trump contends that his hush-money case was a “rigged, disgraceful trial.” The “real verdict” will be issued in the November election. Judge Merchan will sentence Trump, the criminal, on July 11, followed by the Republican National Convention on July 15. The Donald has much on his political plate for the next few weeks.

The most important thing is that Trump and his cadres of MAGA Republicans need to blame Michael Cohen and the “rigged, disgraceful trial.” They all need to get that message out that Trump is innocent.

Let me get this straight. As I recall the trial, most of the prosecution witnesses were either close friends of Trump or staff members. It started with David Pecker, who was a good friend of Trump for decades. Pecker was the former National Enquirer publisher.

Pecker testifying about hush money payments

Pecker testified, as the prosecution’s first witness, about various deals that he and Trump had during their friendship. In 2015, Pecker and Michael Cohen had a plan to avoid negative news reports about Trump before the 2016 election in the wake of the Access Hollywood video going public. Pecker and Cohen came up with a plan to pay $130,000 to Stormy Daniels and $150,000 to Karen McDougal rush money payments. The prosecution provided copies of all invoices, payments, and ledger entries.

Hope Hicks was the next close friend to testify. She was the White House Communications Director. Hicks spoke about the Access Hollywood tape being leaked weeks before the 2016 election.

Hope Hicks testifying

Hicks said that she was “a little stunned” a month before the election. However, Hicks emailed Trump campaign officials to “deny, deny, deny.” When discussing this with Trump, she realized that the tape was “going to be a massive story.”

Let me get this straight. In response to the upcoming media hurricane in the wake of the tape, Trump’s staff created a statement for Trump. It was merely “locker room banter.” A couple of days later, Hicks calls Cohen about “another tape that would be problematic for the campaign.”

Enter Stormy Daniels.

Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels testified regarding their one-night stand at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Trump wanted to stop her story and that of Karen McDougal getting out to news agencies. Hick was aware of both rush-money stories. Pecker and Cohen devised a hush money plan to pay $130,000 to Stormy Daniels and $150,000 to Karen McDougal.

Let me get this straight. Trump is a totally innocent man who faces 119 counts charged against him and is guilty of 34 felony counts in New York. Additionally, Trump and/or his businesses have faced over 4,000 cases against him since 1970. The two most recent cases were the defamation cases filed by E. Jean Carroll. The Trump Organization was fined $364 million for fraud by overestimating buildings and land plus $100 million in interest payments. For the time being, it was $175 million pending an appeal. Trump is totally innocent of all cases charged against him.

One final thought. Let me get this straight. Trump asserts that Putin will release Evan Gershkovich, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, from a Russian gulag after Trump is reelected as president.

This is Donald J. Trump’s posting to Truth Social.

This is a video.

I wonder whether Putin will ask President Biden to pardon and/or release Trump from jail next year.