President-elect Donald Trump took to social media shortly after being sentenced in his New York criminal case Friday and said he will appeal and seek a dismissal of the entire “hoax.”

Trump appeared remotely with his attorney and was formally sentenced Friday on his felony conviction of falsifying business records, but Democrat Judge Juan M. Merchan declined to impose any punishment.

The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.

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