A Manhattan jury has convicted Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled the sentencing for July 11.
Prosecutors charged Trump with participating in an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 presidential election and executing an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, which involved concealing a hush money payment to an adult film star.
This felony conviction of a former president or major party frontrunner is unprecedented, yet Trump remains eligible to run for office.
Trump condemned the jury’s decision as a “disgrace,” asserting that the “real verdict” will come during the presidential election on November 5. President Joe Biden responded on social media, stating that his 2024 rival can only be defeated at the ballot box.
