Donald Trump speaks during a press conference, the day after being found guilty of falsifying business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, on May 31.rambled and raged for 33 minutes, seeking to reframe his hush-money trial as the neck-and-neck election race with President Joe Biden heats up.
The clash set the tone for the pair’s presidential rematch, a campaign that may in large part be defined by how voters see Mr. Trump’s convictions. It also foreshadowed the legal questions that continue to hang over the former president: his sentence, his appeals and his ability to travel and to vote.Mr. Trump will return to court for sentencing on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention opens in Milwaukee to officially nominate him.
Several polls suggest that his conviction could move votes, at least for a small number of Americans. A Léger survey last month, for example, found that in a scenario where Mr. Trump was convicted of a crime, Mr. Biden held a 6-per-cent lead among voters; without a conviction, Mr. Trump held a 1-per-cent lead.