Trump found guilty: The first president convicted in a historic trial
3:03 AM EDT, May 31, 2024
Donald Trump was found guilty in the case of concealing payment for the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels. The former president of the USA reacted after the jury's verdict was announced.
According to American media, Trump supposedly said that it was "disgraceful," and the trial was "rigged."
"This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt as a rigged trial, a disgrace. (...) The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people," Trump said after the conclusion of his criminal trial.
"And they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here. You have a Soros-backed DA and the whole thing, we didn't do anything wrong. I'm a very innocent man," Trump declared.
Trump guilty. The first such situation in US history
The jury in the state court in Manhattan, New York, found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges. The case involves falsifying business records related to concealing payment for the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign about their alleged sexual encounter.
The prosecution accused Trump of attempting to illegally influence the election by concealing the payment for Daniels' silence about their alleged encounter.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to one year in prison, but the presiding judge, Juan Merchan, will decide the sentence. It is already known that the sentencing for the former president of the USA will be announced on July 11—just a few days before the planned decision by Republicans on the party's candidate for the presidential election in the USA.
Trump thus becomes the first president in U.S. history to be convicted in a criminal case.
