In his first public statement since pleading not guilty to an unprecedented 34-count indictment in a Manhattan court on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump declared that, as his legal team predicted, the New York County district attorney had “no case.”
“Just lifted off for Palm Beach, Florida,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, adding that he’ll be delivering remarks from his Mar-a-Lago estate at 8:15 p.m., local time.
“The hearing was shocking to many in that they had no ‘surprises,’ and therefore, no case,” he added. “Virtually every legal pundit has said that there is no case here. There was nothing done illegally!”…