Trump Found Guilty On All Counts: 5 Takeaways From The Verdict by Niall Stanage
Donald Trump Found Guilty Of All 34 Counts in Hush Money Criminal Trial
Twelve New York jurors made history on Thursday when they convicted former President Trump on all counts in his hush money trial.
Trump is the first former president to be convicted of a felony — or, in his case, multiple felonies. He was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a case revolving around a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
The verdict came faster than many legal observers expected, given the complexity of the case and hard questions over the credibility of the prosecution’s main witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.
The emphatic nature of the verdict is a powerful vindication for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose judgment was widely questioned when he first brought the case.
Emerging from court, Trump attacked the case as a “disgrace.” He also accused Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over proceedings, of being “corrupt” and “conflicted.”
Trump remains all but certain to be crowned as the GOP’s presidential nominee at his party’s national convention in July.
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