Donald Trump Calls Guilty Verdict BS, Insists He Wanted to Testify

Donald Trump is using his soapbox to decry the guilty verdict rendered against him in New York — calling it a sham and corrupt, while also insisting … he wanted to get on the stand.

The ex-Prez spoke to the media anew Friday at Trump Tower in NYC — his first official press conference since he got convicted Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records … something he says was absolutely ridiculous, with the deck stacked against him.

DT rattled off what he thinks he did in terms of Michael Cohen and Stormy — characterizing the alleged hush money payment as nothing more than a standard business expense that was on the up and up — and went on to slam the judge … while also laying the blame for this case being brought at Biden’s feet.

Trump also decried the fact he was under a gag order — something he was found to have violated, for which he was fined thousands of dollars — and he scoffed at the notion he was being threatened with jail. Even now, he faces years behind bars … which he finds ridiculous.

Interestingly, Trump also says he was all gung-ho on testifying on his own behalf … something he says he was ultimately advised against by his lawyers — out of fear of getting dinged for technically saying something wrong and getting found guilty of perjury.

Trump says this whole thing was nothing but a political witch hunt — and went on to give a stump speech of sorts … listing problems he sees with the country. Same old, same old.

The guy is the first U.S. president to ever become a convicted felon … and yet, he’s more fired up than ever — as are his loyal supporters, who were up in arms over the conviction. Time will tell if this ends up helping or hurting him … and what his sentence will be.

Bottom line … Trump is as defiant as ever, and he’s still maintaining his innocence.