Would half of Americans really vote for a convicted felon? Here’s how Donald Trump’s guilty verdict could shape the race for the White House
If a sense of indifference is the result of no less than a criminal conviction, we’ve surely crossed a new threshold in our polarization, writes Aaron Blake
A supporter holds a placard following the announcement of the verdict in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, outside former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
A Manhattan jury on Thursday convicted former US president Donald Trump of all 34 counts of falsifying business records. The convictions are felonies because the jury found Trump falsified the records to try to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election, which he narrowly won over Hillary Clinton.
This was the first of Trump’s four indictments to go to trial.
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