Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial

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The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for the former US president and exposes him to potential prison time.

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to an adult movie actress who said the two had sex.

As he seeks to reclaim the White House in this year’s election, the judgment presents voters with another test of their willingness to accept his boundary-breaking behaviour. Though the legal and historical implications of the verdict are apparent, the political consequences are less so given its potential to reinforce rather than reshape already-hardened opinions about Trump.

Republicans showed no sign of loosening their embrace of the party leader, with House of Representatives speaker Mike Johnson releasing a statement lamenting what he called “a shameful day in American history”. He called the case “a purely political exercise, not a legal one”.

 

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