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After Donald Trump’s felony conviction, will real verdict be on November 5?
- The 2024 US election campaign enters unprecedented territory after jury in hush-money trial returns guilty verdict
- US$39 million raised for Trump after he becomes the first former US president convicted of a crime
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Mark Magnierin New York
Shortly after 5pm on Thursday, former US president and likely Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump notched up another first for the record books.
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After a surprisingly short nine hours of deliberation, a jury of New Yorkers found him guilty on all 34 counts in a closely watched New York state election-interference trial involving falsified business records and hush money paid to an adult-film star.
This criminal conviction follows his other precedent-setting history as the first US president to be impeached twice and the first US president to be indicted at all, let alone four times.
Less clear is the political fallout from Thursday’s verdict as American voters from Boston to Boulder and foreign leaders from Beijing to Brussels game out the implications of a second Trump presidency.
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New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush money trial
New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush money trial
Trump appeared rattled when the results were announced. But analysts question whether his weeks in court – away from the campaign trail, often looking sullen, angry and even sleepy – has hurt him among his loyal base.
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