{"id":2256537,"date":"2024-05-31T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-for-trump-three-things-to-know-after-guilty-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:37:34","slug":"whats-next-for-trump-three-things-to-know-after-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-for-trump-three-things-to-know-after-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"What Comes Next for Trump After Guilty Verdict: Key Takeaways"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhats-next-for-trump-three-things-to-know-after-guilty-verdict%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=2256537&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>Former\u2064 President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> in Manhattan. This verdict makes him a felon and impacts both his future and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-encourages-auto-industry-workers-to-vote-for-him-to-end-electric-vehicle-madness\/\" title=\"Trump urges auto industry workers to vote for him to stop electric vehicle 'craze'.\">upcoming presidential \u2062election<\/a>. Trump plans to appeal the decision, shaping his next moves. Polls indicate a mixed response from voters regarding the impact \u200cof his guilt on their voting decisions. Former President Donald Trump has been convicted\u200c of falsifying business records in Manhattan, becoming a felon.\u200d This development not only affects \u200dhis future\u2063 and potential return \u200dto the presidential race but \u2063also \u200dsparks an appeal from Trump. \u200bVoter polls reveal a varied\u2062 response on how his guilt may influence their voting choices.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records Thursday by a jury in the New York borough of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Manhattan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3023186\/jury-reaches-verdict-in-trump-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>verdict<\/a> makes Trump a felon, but it also has several other effects on his future and the presidential election. He\u2019s expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3023373\/trump-guilty-appeals-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeal<\/a> the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what will happen next for the embattled former president, who declared after the jury\u2019s decision that \u201cthe real verdict is going to be November 5th.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The appeals process<\/h2>\n<p>While Trump is awaiting sentencing on July 11, it\u2019s not projected to be his next legal move. He needs to start the appeals process within 30 days \u2014 that would be a June 29 deadline. Todd Blanche, the former president\u2019s lawyer, said that if post-trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/trump-lawyer-says-will-appeal-verdict-as-soon-as-we-can-1bba68f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>motions<\/a> fail, \u201cthen as soon as we can appeal, we will. And the process in New York is there\u2019s a sentencing, and then we appeal from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once his team files his intention to appeal, the process is expected to take months. Several Republicans said they think the appeal should be successful, such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a usual Trump ally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect this case to be reversed on appeal and for Donald Trump to be elected president in November,\u201d Graham posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) told the <em>Washington Post <\/em>that the judge\u2019s instructions that the jury had to agree on whether Trump was guilty but could have varying opinions about which other crime he had committed was a decision that could benefit the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have a jury instruction that says you don\u2019t have to agree on what that other crime is, I think it is \u2014 well, I\u2019ll just say that\u2019s very ripe for appeal,\u201d Armstrong said.<\/p>\n<p>If the initial appeal doesn\u2019t work, Trump\u2019s team will have further options. <\/p>\n<p>The team could appeal to New York\u2019s highest court, the Court of Appeals, or even ask for the Supreme Court to take up the case.<\/p>\n<p>But even if Trump\u2019s appeals process fails, it\u2019s unlikely he faces real incarceration, and Judge Juan Merchan previously stated he wouldn\u2019t prefer to put the former president in jail.<\/p>\n<h2>What the polls say<\/h2>\n<p>Pollsters have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3022034\/trump-hush-money-verdict-unlikely-sway-most-voters-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>asking<\/a> voters for months about how a \u201cguilty\u201d verdict would affect their decision to vote for Trump in November. Only 17% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-say-they-do-not-want-to-see-joe-biden-run-in-2024\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority Say They Do Not Want to See Joe Biden Run in 2024\">national registered voters<\/a> said it would make them less likely to vote for Trump, and 82% said it wouldn\u2019t affect their vote or it would convince them to be more likely to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>Among independent voters in the poll, 11% said it would make them less likely to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll proved less optimistic for Trump. A Marquette University poll of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republicans-lose-momentum-in-generic-congressional-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: Republicans Lose Momentum in Generic Congressional Ballot\">registered voters asked<\/a> their opinion on a head-to-head matchup between President Joe Biden and Trump if Trump was proven \u201cguilty\u201d or \u201cnot guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voters chose Biden by 4 percentage points with a \u201cguilty\u201d verdict and Trump by 6 points with a not-guilty verdict \u2014 a 10-point swing in the wrong direction for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is excluded from the head-to-head poll, and he has made a measurable difference in most polls, with some favoring Trump and some favoring Biden.<\/p>\n<p>A poll conducted right before the trial\u2019s conclusion, by Morning Consult of 10,271 registered voters, saw Trump with a 2-point lead over Biden.<\/p>\n<p>However, those polls were all conducted before Thursday\u2019s verdict. Asking people to imagine what they would do in an \u201calternative reality\u201d is a risky business, Democratic pollster and strategist Mark Mellman told <em>Politico<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are very bad at putting themselves into an alternative reality and predicting how they\u2019re going to respond to some set of facts in an alternative reality,\u201d\u00a0Mellman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2024\/05\/31\/teflon-don-to-felon-don-00160948?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=b184d69e-b2a2-4eb9-933e-7e669f36c25d&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cThey have a hard enough time predicting what they are going to have for dinner tonight, let alone how they\u2019re going to react to some new situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Important dates to know<\/h2>\n<p>While May 30 will likely live in the former president and his supporters\u2019 minds for months to come, there are several critical dates for the former president incoming.<\/p>\n<p>First, he will have to put the trial\u2019s result to the side and debate Biden on June 27. Trump and Biden are scheduled to face off at least one more time on ABC on Sept. 10. There\u2019s speculation for other debates, but nothing has been made official yet.<\/p>\n<p>In between head-to-head showdowns with Biden, Trump\u2019s legal team will have to file its appeal by late June, with an unknown date for its conclusion. Trump\u2019s sentencing will take place on July 11, just four days before the July 15 Republican National Convention nominates him as the GOP presidential candidate. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before the RNC, Trump will have to name a vice presidential candidate to run with him \u2014 a contest that has not gotten any clearer as the convention approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Early voting for the general election will start in September and will continue into the Nov. 5 presidential election. Trump\u2019s three other criminal cases are unlikely to go to trial this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York. The verdict labels him a felon and impacts his future and potential return to the presidential race. 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