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What did Donald Trump do today?

He complained at length about being found guilty of crimes. 

Trump posted two lengthy, emotional rants to his private social media network today. They once again returned to the familiar theme that Trump has been unfairly persecuted by a shadowy conspiracy of his enemies, and once again included a litany of vague threats of revenge.

It seems likely that the impetus for this outburst was yesterday's order by Judge Juan Marchan that Trump would be sentenced next Friday for the 34 felony charges he was found guilty of buy a New York jury in May.

The substance of Trump's complaint can be summed up in the first sentence of the first post: "I never falsified business records."

But in reality, he did.

It's worth pointing out how many people had to independently reach that conclusion for Trump to become the first ever president to be convicted of felonies. Not only did "evil and sinister prosecutors" have to bring charges, the randomly-assigned judge in the case had to agree that there was a legal basis from the evidence presented. A jury of Trump's New York state peers had to conclude that he was guilty of all 34 counts beyond any reasonable doubt. The same judge had to conclude that this verdict was legally valid. The New York Court of Appeals had to hear and reject all of Trump's post conviction legal arguments that he had not been given a fair trial. 

Trump was convicted not only on the basis of documentary evidence, but the testimony of Trump Organization employees including Michael Cohen, who had already been convicted and gone to prison for his role in some of the crimes that Trump was convicted of.

Why does this matter?

• The justice system in the United States does not stop working simply because a criminal thinks it is unfair that he was caught.

• Believing that the consequences of your own actions are the result of a shadowy conspiracy against you is not a sign of good mental health.