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- Vladimir Putin says he thinks Donald Trump's felony conviction was politically motivated.
- Putin said Trump's rivals were "simply using the judicial system in an internal political struggle."
- A Trump campaign spokesperson said that Putin "knows a second Biden term means a weaker America."
Former President Donald Trump's conviction in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial was due to his rivals' political machinations, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.