Trump attorney Will Scharf says he’s ‘considering all options’ to appeal conviction
Former President Trump’s attorney Will Scharf said Thursday that the former president’s legal team is “considering all options” to appeal his hush money conviction.
“This case is replete with reversible error going back to the very first day, continuing through jury instructions. Every aspect of this case is ripe for appeal. We are going to appeal as quickly as we can. We will seek expedited review of this case,” Scharf told Fox News.
“And we’re going to trust that the appellate courts in New York understand the dangerous Pandora’s box that this lawless judgment has opened and that they understand the potential ramifications to our legal system if this unjust verdict is allowed to stand,” Scharf continued.
In a historic verdict Thursday, Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York, making him the first former U.S. president to become a convicted felon.
When asked if it is possible the appeal will be brought to the U.S. Supreme Court, Scharf said, “All options are on the table.”
“And we are actively considering all options that could lead to justice for President Trump here, because justice has not been done in this New York courtroom today,” Scharf added.
The former president is slated to be sentenced on July 11, just four days before the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. He could face jail time, though first-time offenders on charges like Trump’s are rarely incarcerated.
Shortly after the conviction came down, Trump called the case a “rigged, disgraceful trial.”
“The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people, and they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here,” Trump said, portraying himself as a victim.
The former president is facing additional criminal cases in Washington, D.C., Georgia, and Florida, none of which are currently on track to go to trial before Election Day.
Scharf, who is also a Republican candidate for Missouri’s attorney general, told Fox News that Trump is an “optimist,” and poured cold water over the verdict impacting him too greatly.
“President Trump believes that we are going to take back the country next November, that the American people will ultimately have their say, and that they want him back in the White House, where we — he can go about making this country great again,” he said.
“I doubt if this is going to really affect him in that way all that much, because he knows that he has the American people on his side,” he continued.
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