{"id":113119,"date":"2024-05-31T01:58:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T05:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=113119"},"modified":"2024-05-31T01:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T05:58:51","slug":"donald-trump-convicted-in-hush-money-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/05\/31\/donald-trump-convicted-in-hush-money-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Convicted In Hush Money Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A New York jury yesterday evening convicted <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2023\/05\/11\/trumps-prosecution-a-good-way-to-check-impunity.html\">Donald Trump<\/a> on all charges in his hush-money case in a seismic development that is coming barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president concluded with 77-year-old Trump being found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment intended to silence porn star Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u2014 who was released without bail and is all but certain to appeal \u2014 initially sat still in the drab Manhattan courtroom, shoulders dipping.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing reporters outside minutes later, though, he branded the result a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and \u201crigged,\u201d vowing that the \u201creal verdict\u201d would come from voters in the November 5 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Today News, New York reports that the conviction thrusts the United States into uncharted political territory.<\/p>\n<p>However, it does not bar Trump from his continuing his White House run, even in the unlikely event that Judge Juan Merchan sentences him to prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/05\/28\/robert-de-niro-unloads-on-trump-at-press-event-near-courthouse\/\">Robert De Niro Unloads On Trump At Press Event Near Courthouse<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sentencing was set for July 11 \u2014 right before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump is due to receive the party\u2019s formal nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s campaign issued a statement saying that the trial showed \u201cno one is above the law.\u201d It added that \u201cthe threat Trump poses to our democracy has never been greater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12-member jury deliberated for more than 11 hours over two days before announcing the unanimous conclusion within a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan thanked the jurors for completing the \u201cdifficult and stressful task.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their identities had been kept secret throughout proceedings, a rare practice more often see in cases involving mafia or other violent defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election, when her claim to have had sex with him could have proved fatal to his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The trial featured lengthy testimony from the adult performer, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford and who described to the court in graphic detail what she says was a 2006 sexual encounter with the married Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors successfully laid out a case alleging that the hush money and the illegal covering up of the payment was part of a broader crime to prevent voters from knowing about Trump\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s defense attorneys had countered that \u201ctrying to influence an election\u201d was simply \u201cdemocracy\u201d and that the former president did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The trial has distracted Trump from his campaign to unseat Biden.<\/p>\n<p>However, he milked the media attention throughout, with daily speeches in front of the cameras outside the courtroom in which he complained about being a political victim.<\/p>\n<p>Yet after teasing the prospect for weeks, Trump \u2014 who denied ever having sex with Daniels at a 2006 celebrity golf tournament \u2014 opted not to testify.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Gaddie, a political analyst and professor at Texas Christian University, said the political impact of the shocking events has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, he could face up to four years in jail for each count of falsifying business records but legal experts said as a first-time offender he is unlikely to go behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal could take months to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Should he win the presidency he will not be able to pardon himself, given that the case was not brought by the federal government but by the state of New York, where only the governor could clear his name.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also faces federal and state charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election won by Biden, and for hoarding secret documents after leaving the White House.<\/p>\n<p><a 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