The jury in New York has found former President Donald Trump guilty on all counts in the hush-money trial involving payoffs to a woman who he allegedly had sex with over 18 years ago. Sentencing will be July 11 at 10 a.m. in the Manhattan courtroom.
Porn actress Stormy Daniels testified earlier this month that the two of them had a sexual encounter in 2006 and she was paid to keep silent about it during the presidential race 10 years later.
While there are numerous lawsuits against Trump by governments in New York and Georgia, this was his first criminal trial and the first criminal trial of a former president. Trump did not testify in the trial.
The jury deliberated for about 12 hours over Wednesday and Thursday on the 34 counts of falsifying business records.
An appeal of the verdict seems almost certain.
When Trump came out of the court building, he spoke briefly, railing against the “conflicted judge, a corrupted, rigged trial, a disgrace. They wouldn’t give us a venue change. We were at 5.5 or 6% in this precinct … The real trial is Nov. 5. We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man. It’s OK. I’m fighting for our country. This was done by the Biden Administration. We’ll fight ’til the end and we’ll win, because our country has gone to hell….” He went on to describe briefly the state of the nation under Biden.
Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida wrote on X in advance of the verdict: We were told if Trump was indicted he’d be done–Trump PREVAILED. We were told if there was a mugshot he’d be done–Trump PREVAILED. We were told if court cases began he’d be done–Trump PREVAILED. President Trump will PREVAIL over this lawfare & we will Make America Great Again.
Donald Trump Jr. wrote: “Guilty on all counts. The Democrats have succeeded in their years long attempt to turn America into a third-world shithole. November 5 is our last chance to save it.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote: “Today’s verdict represents the culmination of a legal process that has been bent to the political will of the actors involved: a leftist prosecutor, a partisan judge and a jury reflective of one of the most liberal enclaves in America—all in an effort to “get” Donald Trump.”
Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk wrote: “We knew from the start this was the most likely outcome. This case was engineered for years, from the very top of the Democrat apparatus, to bring down Trump, using a rigged law in a rigged courtroom with a rigged jury. Trump will appeal and this will, eventually, be overturned, but this is a scar on our nation. For today, at least, this country looks more like Venezuela or China or Russia than the United States of America. Now, we must be ready to maintain our resolve. There will be an unprecedented push to say that Trump CANNOT be allowed to win, that we CANNOT elect a convicted felon. Don’t give in. They did this because they are desperate. They will lose, and they will pay.”
This story is developing.
Not win, place or show. Guilty for the win!! Hilarious.
I knew you would be the first on here to gloat.
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By the way, you like DeSantis, right?
Do not think for a second that he will not get exactly the same treatment next election. Even if he is not running for President. Your leftist friends are now empowered. They can and will use this very technique to destroy anyone who opposes them.
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And, do not give me any BS about how DeSantis is clean. The charges against Trump were minor at best, and yet… here we are.
CB. Trump committed election fraud and the evidence was OVERWHELMING. You should celebrate the preservation of law and order.
Jeff the judge’s daughter works for George soros. I guess to a small minded person like you it’s just a coincidence.?? There were 2 attorneys on the jury another special coincidence. Something stinks. This judge isn’t even American born. He is actually a scumbag.
Judges don’t have to be American born. If that’s your purity test, you might want to give the Constitution another read.
Biden was investigated for illegally possessing classified documents in his garage which was illegal as Vice President but Dept. of Justice said he was too old and did not know what he was doing. That Jeff is extremely unfair because Trump should have been given the same opportunity, as he may not have known what he was doing also. Very unfair.
Jeff, exactly what evidence of election fraud was presented?
Please, for the submoronic Trumpites on MRAK, we need you to enumerate the evidence.
I don’t have any leftist friends. I do have morals.
Whether you have leftist friends or not is irrelevant.
The leftists are celebrating this verdict, not because it was the right one, but because they wanted this outcome.
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And, they did not care about the means to get that outcome, and neither did you. Therefore, I doubt you actually have the morals you claim.
You would be wrong again as usual.
Recommend a little self reflection there Greg.
Because either this comment you just wrote is correct, or every other comment you have written about Trump’s conviction is correct. And, evidence is clear on that front.
DeSantis is clean, and so is Trump. But that doesn’t matter to the leftist jackals.
No one is clean enough to withstand this level of scrutiny and lawfare.
DeSantis may not have properly documented a donation to GoodWill and accidentally claimed a larger deduction than he was owed. Some DA will do everything they can to turn that into multiple felonies.
Bring it
Man’s a decorated hero. Kept our Seals out of jail.
Is that why Stormy still owes him 300,000$ from the first time this went to court? Why did the fed Southern District of NY not try him for the same thing? Oh do you know that Braggs felony is made up and is the same charges the feds declined to prosecute? Maybe most of you should do more research about what you claim here. Typical moderate conservatives that wouldn’t lift a finger to save your own country.
Democrats are electing Trump for president. Trump 2024!
Can anyone tell me what the felony crimes were that Trump was convicted on?
Anyone?
It’s Trump 0-4 in 2024!
Can you say, “Landslide Victory”? Trump in 2024!
Landslide? No. But winning? Probably.
No. Drop out and a real republican gets the ticket.
What real Republican would run?
Do you really think this will stop with Trump? Please… get real.
I agree it’s so corrupt it’s insane. I have 0 faith in most politicians and less than 0 in most law enforcement. It’s a bizarre day in America. The lefty’s gloating won’t be gloating either way this election goes. It’s going to be a blood bath. The hunters are about to become the hunted and this is no movie.
There are no real Republicans left. They are mostly chamber of commerce RINOs, who are as corrupt as the dems.
True…. so very true.
It’s a good, better, best scenerio.
I don’t want a “real” Republican. You mean a Lisa Murkowski? A Mitch McConnell? A Lindsey “Limp Wrist” Graham? I want a conservative. No Dems; No RINOS.
Exactly. Before the verdict, Trump had already flipped on abortions, big oil, China. By desperation, he was morphing back to his original shape as a Democrate. Remember, he used to lie in bed with Hillary in the Hamptons before becoming a Republican. Sort of the way she used to be a Republican before Bill.
And who would that be, the first guy to drop and later kissed 45’s ring? Get a life tiny feet and 3″ lifts in his boots doesn’t make him a great leader.
The appeals process will play out, and eventually the SCOTUS will have a say. In the meantime, let’s not make rash statements. I’ve already seen (on Freerepublic, X, and Gateway) people threatning to find the jurors and shoot them. Not cool.
A co-worker of mine has announced his intention to murder Biden voters. Also not cool.
I suggest folks stay calm and let the process play out.
And can we leave Jews out of this one? I’m aware that SD is a free speech advocate, so she allowed our newest anti-Semite to post here, but Jewish folks have nothing to do with this one.
Have a nice day!
Stay calm is not going to solve these problems with the leftist who are hell bent on destroying America.
The time has come to pick sides and move forward.
You think you want it but trust me you really don’t. Ask anyone from the former Yugoslavia.
Trump is not a leftest.
Jimmy…. so we should “stay calm and let the process play out…?” Really? You mean the process by which the leftist communists are dismantling our republic? The republic which the founding fathers’ generation fought so hard to bequest to you? The republic which stood as a shining example of the best government ever devised by man? The republic which gives our following generations the best chance for a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? We need to remain calm as that is stolen from us?
If your house were on fire, wouldn’t you at least run for a garden hose to try putting it out?
Well jimmy there are consequences for actions. They are all corrupt. From the judge to the jury. I’m sick and tired of what I’m seeing in this country. Jimmy the left want blood and guts. Let’s see how they react when it actually happens. It’s like they are all living in a fantasy land.
Actually, your friend is on the right path. These jurors, Bragg, the prosecutors, and especially the judge are all now targets and should be dealt with accordingly for election interference.
We discovered our justice system was corrupt when we saw what happened to Uncle Ted. We realized then that, if they could do this to Ted Stevens, they could do it to us. The punch in the gut is that now we all must realize that we are no longer living in a ‘first world’ country. RIP America, the land of the free.
We realized our Justice system was corrupt when they finally managed to convict John Gotti in NY. Using exactly the same tactics as we saw here.
That is what you do to criminals. You prosecute and convict. Gotti, Capone, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and now Donald Trump.
Criminals, yes. But why Trump? He’s not a criminal.
White collar.
Prosecution without sufficient evidence, all while denying the accused the ability to defend themselves is the problem. There is a reason why the 6th Amendment exists, and it was outright ignored in both the Gotti trial and Trump’s.
He could have testified.
Only a complete idiot testifies in his own defense.
Or an innocent person.
I’m still trying to figure out why he was charged, what law he broke, what crime he committed?
And then a hasty verdict on top of it all, jury must have determined the verdict before the trial started.
As far as I can tell, he is guilty of being alive.
Amen 3rd I can’t figure it out either. Apparently having an affair is illegal. Absolutely corrupt judiciary. The judges daughter works for George soros. You can’t make this shit up. One conflict of interest after another. There is a special place in hell for these scumbags.
We haven’t had a justice system for decades. It was downgraded to ‘legal system,’ and now it’s not even that.
When they convicted Hannibal Lecter, I knew it was all rigged.
Exactly as expected. The kangaroo court did what they were supposed to do.
Find the evil orange man guilty.
Now it moves to appeals where the verdict will be laughed out of court.
The judge ran a fair, clean trial. Trump was his own worse enemy like always. He was guilty of contempt. Insulted the judge and jury
He wouldn’t STFU! He could get 136 years. Probably won’t since he’s old, but this went on for over a year. It wasn’t a one time only thing.
The Judge did anything BUT run a fair clean trial. Seriously, there was nothing fair or clean about it.
I know you abhor Donald Trump, but even this is too much.
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This is just the tip of the iceburg. No political figure who does not toe the leftist/globalist party line is safe. There is nothing stopping them from destroying any political figure now.
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I think you like DeSantis, right? Just wait until the same BS is pulled against him. I am pretty sure you will not think the judge was fair or the trial was clean.
You have GOT to be kidding! If it was a fair, clean trial, Merchan would not have been the judge. If it was a fair trial, the change of venue would have been granted. If it was a fair trial, expert witnesses on elections would have been allowed to be called and Stormy’s sexual tirade would have been stricken from the record. If it was a fair trial, nothing Cohen stated would have been taken as truth. If it was a fair trial, the gag order would have included EVERYONE involved w/the case. If it was a fair trial, the prosecutors would have done closing arguments 1st. If it was a fair trial, jury instructions would have been in the deliberation room w/the jury.
Why all the whining. If Don the Convict can’t do the time he should not have committed the crime.
I held out hope for you, Greg. You’ve posted some lucid thoughts these past couple of years but, this post screws your pooch. Guilty of WHAT contempt? The contempt that Hunter Biden committed by not showing up for a congressional hearing? Thanks to the RINOS or, the REAL republicans, the two tiered justice system rolls on. Professional politicians have F’d this country three ways to Sunday and today’s news is no surprise. Cocaine in the White House, Biden as V.P. violating the Logan Act in Ukraine by threatening to withhold $1 Billion dollars if the prosecutor investigating his son wasn’t fired; fictitious Russian collusion while Hillary utilizes at-home servers and destroys the data… You should be more concerned how the government could shove themselves up YOUR butt if you ever attempted to protect your constitutional rights or expect a fair trial should it occur. On a local level, you’d better voter for Nick Begich in order to keep a RINO like Dahlstrom and a grifter AOC impersonator like Peltola out of office.
Greg the judges daughter works for George soros. That judge is a scumbag. Sometime before you tip over you should try to remove your head from your rectum there is a great big world out here.
Who the judge’s daughter works for is not really a conflict.
The real conflict is the Judge donated to the Biden Campaign in 2020, which sitting judges are not supposed to do. And as a supporter of the defendant’s political opponent, he should have recused himself when selected.
Deluded much? This is the kind of c— that happens in a banana republic. ZERO charge, not one charge was given to the jury during instruction. Not one law was cited by the judge that was supposedly broken. Complete made up crap, just like the crap that other prosecutor pulled in the last sham. It is costing Trump millions to defend himself against ZERO legal basis. All of this will be overturned on appeal but this is representative of what the justice system has become, and it should give any sane person pause.
MA: You are usually smart. But not this time if you think the process is anything but fair. It is obvious he is guilty and EVERY juror UNANIMOUSLY convicted him. The defense effort was pathetic. They had no counter narrative. The system worked!
In a deep blue state in a deep blue district with members of the Grandpa Bloodstains team running things?
With so many procedural errors even MSNBC thought the trail was flawed?
The system worked for a banana republic.
Mr. Know it all, the chief banana Trump is a criminal.
Cite one law that was broken, one New York or federal statute. Lets see the number, go for it. You won’t find one.
Ok But you’re not going to like it. 175.10…….Falsifiying business records. A class E felony. Anything else? Appeals can not be made because you don’t agree with the jury’s decision. Only procedural items. It was a clean trial.
The felony wrapper was “election interference” which is a federal issue and cannot be adjudicated at the state level…but was. That was the only construct that the stature of limitations could be applied to your business records issue … which had expired. The State of New York passed laws to extend, ex post facto, statute of limitations extensions on the other Trump case. Some rule of law but if you like your banana republic you can keep your banana republic until it runs over you.
You’re listening to an entertainment society on cable for your legal advice?
Go for it, mister legal eagle. Let’s see you cite the law that was broken. Not some BS bunch of words, the chapter and actual code number for a state of New York or Federal law that was broken.
I did.
The judge’s instructions included that if four jurors voted guilty on one count, another four on another count and four on third count, then there were 12 unanimous votes guilty.
“By any means…”
Kind of hard to keep it all straight when he had so many charges.
So you wanted the venue moved to deep red location? How is that fair to justice?
Who from the Federal DOJ worked this case? Answer: No one.
This was all a state of New York prosecution.
You are tried for your crimes in the locality that you committed them. As Trump committed his crimes in the deep blue district of a deep blue state, he is tried their by a State judge and a jury of people from that locality.
It happens all the time. Get a speeding ticket from Palmer PD, you have to go to Palmer court to contest it.
When you falsify business records in NY, it is a misdemeanor. When you falsify those business records to help in a campaign for office, it becomes a felony. Does not matter if it is a local, state or federal campaign.
Like it or not, former President Trump is now convicted felon former President Trump.
Also of note, as this was a state prosecution and not a federal prosecution, the only person who can pardon him is the Gov of NY.
Even if he wins the presidency in November, he cannot pardon himself of these crimes.
You think the process was fair?
For a trial of this magnitude, the defense was only allowed to reject 10 potential jurors. That is fair in your eyes? I have been a juror on criminal trials for minor crimes committed by nobodies, and the defense was allowed to reject dozens of potential jurors.
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When the defense objected to hearing all the sordid details from the whore… errr… sorry, the woman who has sex with men for money while other people filmed it, their objection was overruled. Despite the fact the witness did not know a damned thing about how the books were supposedly cooked.
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When the defense called an investigator from the FEC to testify on Trump’s behalf, the judge would not allow it.
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Practically any action from the prosecution was sustained or allowed, while most actions from the defense were denied. That is fair? Please.
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And, let’s also add that the defendant was prosecuted for a felony charge that he was never charged with. But, violating the defendant’s 6th amendment rights is “fair?”
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I think your personal bias against Trump may be playing into your comment. Had this very same process been carried out on the average business man, you would not be so quick to declare it is fair.
Ridiculous. Spend some time in court rooms and learn a few things.
Where is the jury’s vote? Should be made public as all other big cases. Maybe all govt officials need to be natural born citizens, not as.easily bought off for 30 pieces of silver.
You don’t think that natural born citizens can be easily bought off with 30 pieces of silver?
The appeals process is real life. Internet tough guys are swearing to murder. Its so boring. I went to the grocery store, at no point was anyone waving firearms swearing that the end of the Repuplic.
Its a small percentage of terminally online lonely people who want to vow that step one out of five means the end of everything. Relax.
Then again, there are a few among us who want to murder, and excuse it by shouting POLITICS and claiming reasons. These people are losers.
The most violent irrational people in our country are left wing libs. And my statement is very hard to argue with. The most violent video games the most violent movies all made by liberals.
Yep. Probably get mad and kill a dog when they don’t win their scratch off lottery ticket. I feel for them. So angry all the time.
Quiet child. Your man is GUILTY.
Equal justice under law.
Equal justice only happens when there is equal treatment under the law.
Trump did not get anything near equal treatment in that courtroom.
Funny how the “defenders of democracy” have choked it to death.
How very sad that this has happened to us all! We shall NOT be silenced EVER! I STAND STEADFAST WITH PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 🇺🇸
Trump wasn’t silenced he got contempt of court because of it. Democracy works.
I suppose you also think the DNC in certain states deciding who their candidate is without allowing people to vote is democracy.
Kirk. Sure, STAND STEADFAST WITH THE TWICE INDICTED, CONVICTED TAX CHEAT, CONVICTED RAPIST AND FELON, DONALD J. TRUMP.