{"id":2256171,"date":"2024-05-30T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:07:57","slug":"verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcome: Trump Convicted on All Counts in Hush-Money Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fverdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jurors found former President Donald Trump guilty \u200cin\u200b a hush-money trial\u200b in New \u200bYork, the first such conviction for a U.S. president. Trump faces sentencing on July 11, just before \u200cthe Republican National Convention. The case involved 34 felony counts related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-withholds-december-border-crossing-numbers\/\" title=\"Biden Withholds December Border Crossing Numbers\">concealing damaging information<\/a> before the 2016 election. Trump \u200bdenies the affair and plans to appeal. Former President Donald Trump was convicted in a New York hush-money trial, becoming the first U.S. president to face such a conviction. His sentencing is scheduled for July 11,\u2064 shortly before \u200dthe Republican National Convention. The trial centered on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attends-n-y-court-hearing-after-judge-orders-criminal-trial-to-proceed-in-march\/\" title=\"Trump goes to court in NY after judge orders criminal trial to start in March\">34 felony charges related<\/a> to concealing damaging information prior to the 2016 election. Trump refutes the allegations and intends to appeal the decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurors returned a guilty verdict on Thursday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s hush-money trial in New York, marking the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is the culmination of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-will-rue-the-day-megyn-kelly-says-country-disgraced-with-trump-guilty-verdict\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly: Trump Verdict a Disgrace to the Country\">weeks-long courtroom battle<\/a> in which Trump claimed he was the target of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-avenatti-claims-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political persecution<\/a>\u201d as he runs another campaign for a second term in the White House. The former president was found guilty on all 34 charges brought in the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/29\/trump-if-convicted-hush-money-trial-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doubt<\/a> the 77-year-old Trump will end up being incarcerated, though the Secret Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/secret-service-prepares-for-possibility-of-trump-going-to-jail-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> coordinated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-meets-with-new-york-jail-officials-as-trump-trial-draws-to-a-close-report\/\" title=\"Secret Service Meets New York Jail Officials Amid Trump Trial Conclusion: Report\">local jail officials<\/a> just in case.\u00a0Possible alternatives to imprisonment include probation or community service.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-sets-trump-sentencing-date-four-days-before-gop-convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduled<\/a> for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention is set to be held in Milwaukee.\u00a0Trump, who is the presumptive GOP nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/06\/trump-running-for-president-prison-00090931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can still run<\/a> for the presidency if he ends up behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the guilty verdict, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-responds-to-guilty-verdict-with-fiery-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delivered remarks<\/a> in which he called himself an \u201cinnocent man\u201d and declared that the \u201creal verdict\u201d will happen on November 5, which is Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alvin-bragg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvin Bragg<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattanda.org\/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">34 felony counts<\/a> of falsifying business records to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lied-in-reimbursement-payments-to-lawyer-manhattan-da-says\/\" title=\"Trump Lied in Reimbursement Payments to Lawyer, Manhattan DA Says\">conceal damaging information<\/a> around the 2016 election as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors accused Trump of improperly masking reimbursements to repay his former lawyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michael-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Cohen<\/a>, for a $130,000 payment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/stormy-daniels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormy Daniels<\/a> in exchange for her silence on an alleged extramarital affair by classifying them as legal expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has denied that the affair with Stormy Daniels ever happened and pleaded not guilty to the charges. His lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ny-v-trump-defense-says-prosecutors-did-not-meet-burden-proof-former-president-innocent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> there was no intent to defraud or influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>The trial began last month and featured nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-trial-hush-money-trial-closing-arguments-ed9e28cd63502c0949e9fafcc6f0a991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two dozen witnesses<\/a>, including Cohen and Stormy Daniels. Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-cohen-admits-to-stealing-while-on-stand-at-trumps-nyc-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> in 2018 to multiple crimes, including lying to Congress, and served prison time.<\/p>\n<p>Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, former White House aide Hope Hicks, and former federal prosecutor Robert Costello also testified. Trump himself did not take the stand.<\/p>\n<p>Closing arguments took place on Tuesday after both sides rested their case last week and jury deliberations began on Wednesday. The 12 jurors made a couple of requests for information, including to rehear some witness testimony and the judge\u2019s jury instructions.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial, have faced intense blowback from Trump and his allies.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the House opened an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-republicans-launch-probe-into-manhattan-das-unprecedented-abuse-of-office-to-target-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a> and filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stefanik-files-complaint-over-trump-hush-money-case-questions-whether-judge-selection-was-random\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaints<\/a>, raising concerns about potential bias and misconduct tainting the case. With the judge, they set their focus on past donations to groups supporting Democrats and his daughter working as a political consultant for Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/04\/15\/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial\/no-merchan-recusal-00152227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to recuse<\/a> himself and issued a gag order meant to stop Trump from commenting publicly on jurors, witnesses, and others linked to the case. Trump claimed the gag order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violated<\/a> his First Amendment rights and continued to speak out, resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/06\/trump-trial-takeaways-hush-money-gag-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thousands of dollars in fines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three other criminal matters on the state and federal levels hang over Trump as he seeks re-election this year, prompting the former president to say he is the victim of a politically motivated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-accuses-democrats-of-running-a-gestapo-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cwitch hunt.\u201d<\/a> It is not clear whether any of those will reach the trial stage before the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the court battles, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains competitive<\/a> in polling for the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s campaign held an event outside the Manhattan courthouse with actor Robert De Niro, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-responds-to-de-niros-perturbed-courthouse-presser-looked-so-pathetic-and-sad?topStoryPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> American freedoms \u201cwill perish from the Earth\u201d if Trump wins the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump shot back, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-responds-to-de-niros-perturbed-courthouse-presser-looked-so-pathetic-and-sad?topStoryPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> the De Niro \u201clooked so pathetic and sad out there.\u201d His adviser, Jason Miller, said, \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s numbers continue to rise, and the best that Biden can do is roll out a washed up actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a historic ruling, jurors found Donald Trump guilty in the hush-money trial in New York, making him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. The verdict concludes a lengthy legal battle wherein Trump alleged being unjustly targeted in a &#8220;political persecution&#8221; while pursuing another endeavor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2256172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154622819-scaled-e1717006694977.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154622819-scaled-e1717006694977.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}