Donald Trump received a standing ovation as he arrived at UFC 302 in New Jersey – just days after he was convicted.
The president’s 34 convictions did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the nearly 17,000 fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, who stood enthusiastically as the guest of honor entered the arena Saturday evening.
Trump, who served as US president from 2017 to 2020, was convicted on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records, as a jury reached a verdict in his secret trial.
And he was seen at the Prudential Center in Newark on Saturday around 10 p.m. ET with UFC boss Dana White.
He received a loud ovation upon entering the arena, according to Mail Sport. Leocciano Callao.
Chants of “United States, United States!” » » erupted, after Trump followed the entrance of fighter Sean Strickland.
The jury in Trump’s trial found that he illegally influenced the 2016 election by hiding a secret $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels – who claimed to have had a consensual sexual relationship with Trump a decade earlier ( Trump denied this).
Each count carries a maximum sentence of up to four years in prison.
Trump will be sentenced on July 11, although prison time is unlikely to follow.
He is the first president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime and rail against the “rigged” trial, which he says was politically motivated as his 2024 re-election campaign continues to gain momentum.
Trump collected an astonishing $52 million in donations to his White House campaign in the 24 hours after the guilty verdicts, suggesting that many of his supporters agree that his convictions were unjust.
He faces three other criminal trials for mishandling classified documents, attempting to influence the outcome of the 2020 election and stoking the January 6 riots.
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