Following the guilty verdict on all counts against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, legal experts say that the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case will have 'reversible problems' when appealed. The former president and presumptive 2024 GOP nominee was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty, but 12 jurors found him guilty on all counts.
believe that the case will be reversed eventually either in the state or federal systems,' Jonathan Turley, constitutional law attorney and Fox News contributor, said Thursday. 'However, this was the worst expectation for a trial in Manhattan,' he said. 'I had hoped that the jurors might redeem the integrity of a system that has been used for political purposes.' 'The trial is a target rich environment for appeal. However, that appeal will stretch beyond the election.
Prosecutors needed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a former porn star, in the lead-up to the 2016 election – in an effort to silence her about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. They were ultimately successful. Trump has denied the affair throughout the trial.
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