(ASSOCIATED PRSS) Former president Donald Trump called himself "a very innocent man" just minutes after a jury found him guilty Thursday of 34 felony offenses.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records.

In his first comments after the verdict, the former president repeated many of the claims he's made throughout the trial, calling it a "disgrace" and "rigged," while lashing out at the judge.

"The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people," Trump said in the hallway outside the New York courtroom.

"We didn't do a thing wrong. I'm a very innocent man," Trump said after becoming the first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes.

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