The former President of the United States, Donald Trump, became the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a felony after a jury in Manhattan found him guilty on all counts concerning the hush money scandal.
After deliberating for one hour and twenty-four minutes over the course of two days, the jury rendered a decision on thirty-four counts, which means that Mr. Trump will campaign against President Biden as a convicted felon.
There is no doubt that Mr. Trump would file an appeal against the conviction, since he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison for each count. The prosecutor's office waited on the case for years before finally obtaining an indictment, he claims, indicating that the investigation is a sham that is intended to prevent him from running for president.
There is a good chance that the appeal would prevent any jail time or other punishments.
Prosecutors asserted over the course of the trial that Mr. Trump was a participant in a plot to seek out and suppress unfavorable information about him in the run-up to the 2016 election, which he ultimately won.
According to the team of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump's attorney, paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money when she shopped a story about a sexual encounter she had with Mr. Trump in 2006.
According to the prosecution, Mr. Trump sought to conceal the news because his campaign was under pressure as a result of the release of an audio recording from "Access Hollywood" in which he made obscene comments about women.
When Mr. Trump and his inner circle filed a series of checks as payment for legal services in 2017, under the guise of trying to compensate Mr. Cohen for the Daniels payment, they argued that the efforts to make Mr. Cohen whole morphed into a criminal activity. It was said by the prosecutors that the documents were fabricated with the intention of concealing another crime that has not been found, maybe a tax or electoral criminal.
The court informed the jurors that they did not have to reach a consensus on the second crime, which upgraded the business records fraud from a minor criminal offense to a felony one.
The defense asserted that Mr. Cohen paid Ms. Daniels on his own initiative in order to garner praise from Mr. Trump, and that Mr. Trump believed he was signing checks for Mr. Cohen's legal services while he was controlling the government from the White House.
The trial was a result of one of four criminal charges that were brought against Mr. Trump in different jurisdictions; however, it is highly improbable that the other indictments would be brought to trial before the election.
After deliberating for one hour and twenty-four minutes over the course of two days, the jury rendered a decision on thirty-four counts, which means that Mr. Trump will campaign against President Biden as a convicted felon.
There is no doubt that Mr. Trump would file an appeal against the conviction, since he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison for each count. The prosecutor's office waited on the case for years before finally obtaining an indictment, he claims, indicating that the investigation is a sham that is intended to prevent him from running for president.
There is a good chance that the appeal would prevent any jail time or other punishments.
Prosecutors asserted over the course of the trial that Mr. Trump was a participant in a plot to seek out and suppress unfavorable information about him in the run-up to the 2016 election, which he ultimately won.
According to the team of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump's attorney, paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money when she shopped a story about a sexual encounter she had with Mr. Trump in 2006.
According to the prosecution, Mr. Trump sought to conceal the news because his campaign was under pressure as a result of the release of an audio recording from "Access Hollywood" in which he made obscene comments about women.
When Mr. Trump and his inner circle filed a series of checks as payment for legal services in 2017, under the guise of trying to compensate Mr. Cohen for the Daniels payment, they argued that the efforts to make Mr. Cohen whole morphed into a criminal activity. It was said by the prosecutors that the documents were fabricated with the intention of concealing another crime that has not been found, maybe a tax or electoral criminal.
The court informed the jurors that they did not have to reach a consensus on the second crime, which upgraded the business records fraud from a minor criminal offense to a felony one.
The defense asserted that Mr. Cohen paid Ms. Daniels on his own initiative in order to garner praise from Mr. Trump, and that Mr. Trump believed he was signing checks for Mr. Cohen's legal services while he was controlling the government from the White House.
The trial was a result of one of four criminal charges that were brought against Mr. Trump in different jurisdictions; however, it is highly improbable that the other indictments would be brought to trial before the election.
