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Donald Trump Found Guilty on All Counts: Historic Trial Verdict Rocks US

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Breaking news: Former President Trump convicted on 34 counts in groundbreaking hush money trial. What does this mean for the upcoming election?

In a historic turn of events, former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in a groundbreaking hush money trial, marking the first time a US president has been convicted of a crime. The New York jury's unanimous verdict has thrown the country into uncharted territory, just on the brink of the November 5 election. As each juror confirmed the decision, Trump's reaction was described as unusually calm as he heard 'guilty' for the first time. While some speculate this conviction could be a political game-changer, others believe it may just be a bump in the road for the former president. Major Republican donors have already pledged millions to support Trump despite the verdict, making him the first convicted felon running for office to receive such backing.

Amidst the trial's buzz, the most intriguing aspect was the jury's unanimous decision to convict Trump on all charges related to falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election outcome. The trial, overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, featured compelling testimonies, including that of adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Despite the guilty verdict, some question the long-term implications for Trump's future endeavors in politics. The sheer significance of this trial as a historical precedent cannot be understated, setting a new benchmark in US presidential history as Trump faces the aftermath of this groundbreaking legal battle.

The reactions following the trial have been a mix of shock, support, and intrigue as the political landscape braces for the impact of Trump's conviction. With murmurs of possible implications for his White House ambitions, the future remains uncertain for the former president. As the frenzy surrounding the trial continues, one thing is for sure – the outcomes and repercussions of this verdict will echo through the corridors of political history for years to come.

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Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts at hush money trial (The Straits Times)

Trump becomes the first US president to be convicted of a crime, plunging the US into uncharted territory ahead of the Nov 5 election.

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Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in 'hush money' trial (Financial Times)

Jury delivers unanimous verdict in historic first conviction of a former US president.

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Donald Trump found guilty on all counts at hush money trial (CNA)

NEW YORK: Donald Trump became the first United States president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday (May 30) when a New York jury found him guilty of ...

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Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal ... (NPR)

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, a historic ...

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Trump trial: Moment Trump heard the guilty verdict for first time (BBC News)

As each juror verbally confirmed the decision to convict him, Mr Trump turned his head in their direction and followed their faces one by one.

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Opinion | For Trump, 'Guilty' May Not Matter (The New York Times)

The conviction may be a mere bump in the road. It could even be a political accelerant.

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See the jury's verdict on each of the 34 counts against Trump in hush money trial (CNN International)

Jurors have reached a guilty verdict on all of former President Donald Trump's charges in his hush money criminal trial — 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 ...

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Trump trial live: Donald Trump found guilty in historic criminal trial ... (BBC News)

He becomes the first former - or serving - president to be convicted of a crime, as he bids to return to the White House.

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Trump hush-money trial live news: New York jury finds ex-president ... (Aljazeera.com)

Trump becomes first former president convicted of a crime in US history, just months before November election.

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Donald Trump Is Guilty in His New York Hush-Money Trial (The New Yorker)

The jury has convicted the ex-President of thirty-four felony counts, in a proceeding overseen by Judge Juan Merchan and featuring testimony from Stormy ...

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BBC reporter in court describes what Trump did after guilty verdict (BBC News)

Donald Trump was "the stillest" she had seen when the verdicts were read, the BBC's Kayla Epstein says.

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Donald Trump's guilty verdict fires up some Republican donors (CNA)

Major Republican donors rallied behind Donald Trump on Thursday (May 30), pledging millions of dollars to support the first convicted felon running for ...

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'His face was red': Reporter describes Trump in court as verdict was ... (CNN)

CNN's Kara Scannell reports on how Donald Trump reacted to the events inside the courtroom as a jury returned a guilty verdict against in his hush money ...

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There's a real possibility Trump can't vote in November (Politico)

Florida law allows most convicted felons to vote — but only after they complete their sentence.

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Trump is guilty on all counts in hush-money case. What happens next? (The Straits Times)

The case is the only one of four criminal trials Trump faces that is likely to wrap up before the November presidential election. PHOTO: AFP. Updated.

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Newspaper headlines: 'Trump found guilty' and 'splits in Labour ranks' (BBC News)

The guilty verdict in Donald Trump's hush money trial is featured prominently in several of Friday's front pages. The former US president has been convicted ...

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Trump's conviction 'a triumph for the rule of law,' but election impact ... (UC Berkeley)

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes. Berkeley scholars addressed the historical and ...

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Trump found guilty on all counts in hush money case – so what's next? (The Straits Times)

The conviction will not prevent him from pursuing his campaign to retake the White House. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Trump campaign warns GOP candidates not to fundraise off Trump's ... (Politico)

Trump found guilty on all 34 charges in hush money trial ... The former president is now a convicted felon. A Manhattan jury found him guilty of falsifying ...

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Jury finds Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts (Voice of America)

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press after he was convicted in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on ...

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Trump Media shares plunge after Donald Trump convicted in hush ... (Aljazeera.com)

Shares fall as much as 15 percent after former president is found guilty on all 34 counts.

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Trump's historic conviction isn't doing much to shift these voters ... (CNN)

Some things take time to sink in. But don't expect committed Donald Trump voters to suddenly waver because their candidate is now a convicted felon.

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Trump's guilty verdict puts America's political system on trial (Financial Times)

“I'm a very innocent man,” said Donald Trump moments after a jury of his peers unanimously pronounced him guilty on all counts. There, in a nutshell, ...

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Trump needs to win votes from people who despise him. That just ... (POLITICO Magazine)

Yes, it's obviously true that former president Donald Trump is not a normal politician. His most devoted partisans will only become more so following Thursday's ...

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What the Biden campaign thinks the Trump verdict means (CNN)

Well before the Manhattan jury finished deliberating on Thursday, most of President Joe Biden's advisers concluded that a guilty verdict wouldn't ...

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Trump convicted on all 34 charges in hush money trial (The Business Times)

A NEW York jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush money case on Thursday (May 30) in a seismic development barely five months ahead of the ...

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Some foreign leaders may be holding out for a Trump victory.

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Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Will Americans still vote for him? (Financial Times)

The Republican has capitalised on his legal problems, but his guilty verdict poses a new test.

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After Trump guilty verdict, US divisions deepen as Russia extends ... (Aljazeera.com)

While Democrats rejoice and Republicans agonise, international reactions on the historic guilty verdict pour in.

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After Trump's conviction, the jury is still out on political damage (Reuters)

In an election that could be razor-thin and decided by voters in a handful of states, minimal damage could do Trump in.

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Trump Media shares retreat in volatile trading following conviction (CNNMoney)

A criminal conviction isn't typically a market-moving event. But the historic conviction of former President Donald Trump is causing extreme turbulence for ...

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Trump-friendly billionaires from Elon Musk to Bill Ackman offer new ... (Yahoo Finance)

Donald Trump's conviction on falsifying business records led to an immediate reaction from his stable of friendly billionaires.

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Breakingviews: Trump's rich backers normalize criminal behavior (Reuters)

Former US President Donald Trump talks to reporters while arriving to the courthouse as the jury in his criminal trial is scheduled to continue ...

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Billionaires Back Trump Despite Guilty Verdict in Hush Money Trial (Bloomberg)

A growing number of financial elites are throwing their weight behind Trump, who was found guilty in the first criminal trial of a former US president.

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Trump fought the law and the law finally won (The Business Times)

DONALD Trump, who turns 78 in June, has spent decades circumventing and flouting civil and civic society. He spent his presidency and the years since going ...

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What next for Donald Trump after his guilty verdict? (Financial Times)

Can a convicted felon run for president? There is nothing in the US Constitution that bars a criminal from standing for federal office. An attempt in the state ...

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What's next for Donald Trump after hush money conviction? (Aljazeera.com)

Former US President Donald Trump has been convicted of falsifying records to cover a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels leading up to ...

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Trump Was Convicted — But Prosecutors Contorted the Law (New York Magazine)

The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a ...

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Trump trial: Trump family scarce as guilty verdict was read (BBC News)

The day the jury reached a verdict, Mr Trump's second-eldest son was the only relation in the courtroom, absorbing the 34 declarations of “guilty”

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21 Experts Predict What the Trump Conviction Will Mean for 2024 ... (POLITICO Magazine)

On Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump made history as the first former president to become a convicted felon. The conviction on all 34 counts related to a ...

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Trump says he will appeal historic conviction (Reuters)

Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait ...

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Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump | Lowy Institute (The Interpreter)

Back in the 1970s, Richard Nixon should have been tried and convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal. But Nixon was pardoned after stepping down from the ...

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Trump repeats claims — without evidence — that his trial was rigged (NPR)

Former President Donald Trump reiterated many of claims — without evidence — that his criminal trial was rigged, a day after a New York jury found him ...

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Donald Trump $300 Million Poorer After Guilty Verdict As Truth ... (Forbes)

After briefly turning positive early Friday, shares of Trump's social media company declined in volatile trading.

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Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury ... (The Guardian)

Rightwing pundits incorrectly report Juan Merchan told jurors they didn't need to be unanimous in finding Trump guilty.

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Trump lashes out at 'crooked' judge, trial after historic conviction ... (CBC.ca)

Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to disparage New York's criminal justice system Friday as he tried to ...

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Trump campaign claims fundraising windfall in wake of guilty verdict (Financial Times)

Donald Trump's campaign said it had shattered its own fundraising record after his felony conviction on Thursday, even as US President Joe Biden said the ...

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Trump says he will appeal 'scam' conviction (CNA)

NEW YORK: Donald Trump said on Friday (May 31) he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first US president convicted of a crime, though he will ...

'Buy DJT' is a new rallying cry for Trump supporters (NPR)

Shares of Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, were volatile a day after his historic conviction. It's an early test of how committed his ...

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Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict (Reuters)

Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge or outright civil war and armed insurrection after Donald Trump became the first U.S. ...

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Outside the Trump Courthouse, Times Are Crazy and People Are ... (The New Yorker)

Sarah Larson reports on the scene from outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on the day that the verdict on Donald Trump's hush-money trial was ...

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After Trump's guilty verdict, threats and attempts to dox Trump jurors ... (CNN)

On online forums that have previously been linked to mass shootings, people are threatening violence and attempting to publicly identify the 12 New York ...

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Opinion | I Was Skeptical of the 'Zombie' Trump Case. I Stand ... (The New York Times)

They presented evidence of a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 presidential election. It began when a major publishing company, American Media Inc., ...

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Attack Trump verdict or be exiled - a new test for Republicans (BBC News)

A moderate who urged Americans to respect the verdict was warned "you just ended your campaign".

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Hundreds of millions wiped from Trump fortune in wake of conviction (The Guardian)

Trump Media & Technology Group's stock finishes day down 5.3% on Wall Street, as ex-president's stake falls from $6bn to $5.6bn.

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Donald Trump rails against 'scam' guilty verdict to depict himself as ... (Financial Times)

Ex-president lashes out at judge and political opponents a day after conviction in 'hush money' trial.

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An angry Trump vows to keep fighting after guilty verdict (Reuters)

Donald Trump stared down a bank of cameras inside Trump Tower on Friday and delivered a message fitting for both his legal and political battles: He is ...

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Exclusive: One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after ... (Reuters)

Ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business ...

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'Twice I backed Trump but no more' - voters split on verdict (BBC News)

Donald Trump is the first former or serving US president to be found guilty of a crime - but what will his conviction mean for the election?

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Bombast vs bookkeeping: how Trump failed to sway a jury of his peers (Financial Times)

Try unlimited access. Only $1 for 4 weeks ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism on any device. Cancel anytime during your trial ...

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Trump says he will appeal 'scam' conviction (CNA)

NEW YORK: Donald Trump said on Friday (May 31) he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first US president convicted of a crime, though he will ...

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Biden on Trump guilty verdict: 'Reckless' to say trial was rigged (BBC News)

US President Joe Biden has said it was "reckless" for his predecessor, Donald Trump, to call his trial rigged, a day after the historic conviction.

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Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution (The Conversation AU)

A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.

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A conviction does not end the threat posed by Donald Trump (Financial Times)

Twelve jurors in a modest courtroom in downtown New York have sent a historic message: no one in America, not even a former president, is above the law.

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Michael Cohen says this is what scares him about Trump going to ... (CNN)

CNN's Erin Burnett talks to Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney and a key witness in Trump's hush money trial, about the guilty verdict in the criminal ...

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DeSantis says Trump can still vote in Florida despite felony conviction (Politico)

The governor disputes the assessment of some experts who say Trump's conviction would make him ineligible to vote in the state.

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There's a new dark money group supporting Trump (Politico)

The group is one of several Donald Trump is relying on to help overcome Joe Biden's financial advantage.

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Trump announces nearly $71m fund-raising haul after guilty verdict (The Straits Times)

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's campaign announced in the evening of May 31 that he had raised nearly US$53 million (S$71 million) in the 24 hours after his ...

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Trump, his lawyers confused about the gag order after his conviction (Business Standard)

Donald Trump said he remains muzzled by a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial. His lawyer said he thinks the gag order was ...

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Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system and campaign of ... (ABC News)

Republicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump's strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict.

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Majority believe prosecution of Donald Trump upheld rule of law, not ... (Ipsos Research)

About one in ten Republicans say they will not vote for Trump with a felony conviction.

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Trump allies say his felony conviction has helped unify Republicans (NPR)

Allies of former President Donald Trump say his felony conviction Thursday in a New York hush money case has helped energize and unify the Republican Party.

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