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New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush money trial
- Donald Trump is the first former US president convicted of a crime after hush money trial guilty verdict
- Trial was one of four Trump faces in federal and state courts, but likely only one before November’s election
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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
Mark Magnierin New York
Donald Trump, the former US president and presumptive Republican presidential candidate this November, was found 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.
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Sentencing, ranging from probation to four years in prison, will take place on July 11, said New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, after the verdict was read in a Manhattan court.
This would come four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to be nominated. Nothing in the US Constitution prevents a convicted felon from running for the presidency.
Trump can and is likely to appeal. And, as a first-time felon with no criminal record, he is unlikely to get any jail time.
Trump is the first former president in US history to face criminal charges or to have been found guilty of them.
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