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Léonie Chao-Fong

Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked: what he said and whether it’s true

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Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower on Friday. Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/AP

Donald Trump delivered a rambling, incoherent speech laden with falsehoods and conspiracy theories from the atrium of Trump Tower, a day after the former president was convicted of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush-money criminal trial.

Here is a fact check of some of the things he said on Friday – and why they weren’t true.

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