Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
by Hugo Lowell and Victoria Bekiempis in New York from on (#6N62K)
Former president calls verdict a disgrace' after being convicted in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records
Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than 12 hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president, current or former. It marks a perilous political moment for Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, whose poll numbers have remained unchanged throughout the trial but could tank at any moment.
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