Former President Donald J. Trump has been found guilty on all of the 34 counts charged in New York.
A New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying company documents, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime.
The decision was given in Manhattan's courtroom, where Trump has been on trial since April 15. He pled not guilty to all 34 counts of falsifying business documents in connection with his former lawyer, Michael Cohen's hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential election.
The jury reached its decision after 9.5 hours of deliberations, which began on Wednesday.
The historic conviction comes as Trump is the probable Republican presidential nominee.
Following the jury’s verdict in the New York prosecution of President Trump, Kari Lake released the following statement:
“We just witnessed the most egregious example of election interference and an outright mockery of the rule of law in the 246-year history of our Republic. This entire process right down to the verdict itself has been nothing but a shameful political stunt.
This is a non-crime that a Soros-backed DA conjured out of thin air and placed in front of a highly conflicted Democrat judge, all in an effort to imprison Joe Biden's political opponent. The star witness in this case was a convicted perjurer, whose testimony before the court was one of the most embarrassing debacles ever seen in a courtroom.
This conviction should be immediately reversed upon appeal, and this legal tyranny will be summarily rejected by the American people on November 5th.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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