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FELONY DAY—THE CONVICTION OF DONALD J TRUMP
As of 17:00 EDT on May 30, 2024, the 45th President of the United States became the first President to be tried and convicted of a felony.
Concurrently, as the Republican candidate for President, the verdict makes him the first convicted felon to run for the office of the Presidency.
Donald J. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in the State of New York for felonious business practices, interfering with the election and related issues. Popularly, the trial was called the "Hush money trial." The event at the case's core occurred two weeks before the general election 2016. Mr. Trump authorized payment to an adult film actress he had a brief affair with ten years before in an attempt to prevent the voting public from learning facts about the candidate's character and conduct.
In addition to the verdicts, Mr. Trump faces three additional trials for a variety of crimes, including mishandling classified documents and violating the Espionage Act, election interference and conspiring to overturn the election.
Mr. Trump exited the courtroom and immediately claimed victimhood and began spinning the outcome as a "rigged trial" with a "corrupt judge" and President Biden behind it. Though many of the former President's acolytes will believe him, the assertions are impossible or highly improbable. As a state trial with state charges, the federal government has nothing to do with the personnel on the court, the court, the case, or its outcome.
Sentencing will occur on July 11, 2024, three days before the start of the Republican convention. Each charge carries a $5,000 fine and up to four years in jail.
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