Trump's trial in Manhattan – The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump – relating to supposed payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about an alleged affair between her and the former president in 2006 concluded on Tuesday, May 28. In 1998, then president Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000, and nobody called it a felony, nor did Bill Clinton face arrest or prosecution for the payments.
The jury, consisting almost entirely of Trump-hating leftists who are indoctrinated with anti-Trump bias by the corporate media, immediately began deliberations the next day after the presiding judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, provided the jury with instructions for the proceedings.
On Thursday, May 30 at about 5 p.m. Eastern Time, the jury read its verdict finding the former president guilty on all 34 charges. The charge of falsifying business records carries up to four years behind bars, with New York capping sentencing for this type of felony at 20 years.
Merchan has set Trump's sentencing date for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention is set to meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to select him as the GOP's nominee.
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Trump faces three other felony indictments, but it is unclear whether the other cases brought against him will conclude before the election in November.
Speaking at a news conference, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment on whether his office would seek a prison term for Trump. He also refused to comment on criticism of how he handled the prosecution, merely claiming "I did my job."
"Our job is to follow the facts without fear or favor, and that's what we did here," he added.
Trump to appeal, continue with presidential campaign
Trump's team has expressed its intention to appeal the verdict. Meanwhile, the former president is expected to return to the campaign trail. His campaign has already leaned into Trump's political persecution, fundraising off the verdict with a pitch that called him a "political prisoner." (Related: POLL: Trump still favored to win presidential race despite indictments.)
Trump is still eligible to vote. So long as he is not sentenced to prison time in New York, he may be convicted of a felony, reside in Florida, and still be eligible to vote.
Speaking after leaving the courtroom, Trump told reporters that the trial was "disgraceful" and "rigged."
"This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. It's a rigged trial, a disgrace," he said.
"The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people, and they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here," he continued as he alleged that Bragg was influenced by liberal billionaire George Soros.
The campaign team of President Joe Biden seemed to agree with this statement. In a comment, Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said the only surefire way to keep Trump from the presidency is "at the ballot box."
"We didn't do a thing wrong. I'm a very innocent man," Trump continued. "But it's okay, I'm fighting for our country, I'm fighting for our Constitution. Our whole country is being rigged right now. This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound, to hurt an opponent, a political opponent, and I think it's just a disgrace."
"We'll keep fighting, we'll fight to the end, and we'll win because our country's gone to hell. We don't have the same country anymore, we have a divided mess. We're a nation in decline, serious decline," the former president concluded. "We have a country that's in big trouble, but this was a rigged decision right from day one who should have never been allowed to try this case, never. And we will fight for our Constitution. This is long from over."
Watch this clip from Fox News featuring Republican National Committee Co-Chair and Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump discussing how Judge Juan Merchan should be regarded "with shame and embarrassment" for how he handled the trial.
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