Hillary Clinton after Trump's conviction: 'Anything going on today?'
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to make an indirect reference to former President Donald Trump’s conviction Thursday night at the 23rd annual Global Leadership Awards, hosted by the nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership.
Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 election, thanked the audience as she arrived on stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., before asking, “Anything going on today?”
After the audience erupted into laughter and cheers, Clinton added, “Well, I have to tell you, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than right here.”
Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors alleged that Trump falsified the records to hide unlawfully interfering in the election.
When Trump ran against Clinton, he threatened to throw her in jail if he won the election. Crowds at his rallies would often chant, “Lock her up!” Clinton has claimed that Trump is a threat to democracy and called him an “illegitimate president” in 2019.
On the same day as Trump's conviction, Clinton posted on Instagram about new merchandise for her Onward Together organization that she founded to support leaders who are fighting for progressive values and defending democracy.
The item is a mug that features a faceless Clinton drinking from a teacup with the phrase, “Turns out she was right about everything.” The design “happened to be finalized today,” she wrote in the post.
Trump’s sentencing date in the hush money case is scheduled for July 11.