Donald Trump speaks after being found guilty on all 34 counts. He said in his speech, 'we're a nation in decline' and the country is in 'big trouble.'
Donald Trump becomes the first ever former President of the United States to be convicted of a crime.
This is highly contentious territory — especially since the trial heard next to nothing about campaign law violations — which is why the guilty verdict will be immediately appealed. Trump's defense lawyers have 30 days to prepare an appeal. It was linking the payments to a breach of campaign finance law which elevated the matter to proper criminality. For many observers the link is highly tenuous. It was barely discussed during the trial and nobody testified that such a link even existed.Trump will not be held in remand pending sentencing. He is hardly a flight risk. It was a white-collar crime involving someone with no previous convictions. Jail would be an unusual outcome.
He will be sentenced four days before the Republican convention opens in Milwaukee, where Trump will be crowned as the party's presidential candidate.
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