The Verdict

Trump is found guilty:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged former President Donald Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts. Jurors found the former president guilty on all counts. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 4 years. In total, Trump faces a maximum sentence of 136 years. Judge Juan Merchan invited the jury into the courtroom to read its verdict after two days of deliberations. Sentencing for the former president will be July 11 at 10:00 a.m--just five days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where he is expected to be formally nominated as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Any motions will need to be filed by June 13th. Prosecutors needed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified those records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, in the lead-up to the 2016 election to silence her about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. Moments after the verdict was delivered by the jury, the former president spoke to reporters in the hallway outside the courtroom. "This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt as a rigged trial and disgrace. It wouldn't give us a venue change," Trump said. "We were at five percent or 6% in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial." Trump said "the real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people."

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