New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has scheduled the sentencing hearing for July 11. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to reveal whether prosecutors will seek a prison sentence for former President Donald Trump after a guilty verdict was returned on May 30. “While this defendant may be unlike any other in American
The White House also issues a brief statement noting that it respects the rule of law. WASHINGTON–The Biden campaign released a statement on May 30 after a Manhattan jury convicted former President Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. “In New York today, we saw that no one is above the
While GOP lawmakers expressed anger over the verdict, some Democrat members took a victory lap. Some Democrats took a victory lap over the unprecedented conviction of former President Donald Trump on May 30. After more than 11 hours of deliberation, 12 jurors reached the unanimous verdict in the case at Manhattan Criminal Court, convicting the
Lawyers, pollsters, and politicos weigh in on how they think the New York jury’s decision will affect the 2024 presidential race. The outcome of former President Donald Trump’s New York records-falsification trial is most likely to influence undecided voters—a sliver of the electorate that could exert an outsized impact on the Nov. 5 presidential election.
The outcome of former President Donald Trump’s New York records-falsification trial is most likely to influence undecided voters—a sliver of the electorate that could exert an outsized impact on the Nov. 5 presidential election. “This is a pivotal moment in the 2024 race,” American political history professor Jeff Bloodworth told The Epoch Times as jurors
Republicans were quick to dismiss the conviction as being the predictable result of a politically-motivated prosecution. Republicans are loudly condemning the guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York “hush money” trial, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saying the outcome represents “a shameful day in American history.” The comments come after President Trump
The former president is likely to appeal the conviction. A Manhattan jury took fewer than 12 hours to return a verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, finding him guilty of 34 counts of falsification of business records with the intent to conceal another crime. The former president’s conviction makes him the