close Video Trump supporters and opponents react to verdict Trump supporters and opponents react to guilty verdict in historic trial. Credit: Danielle Wallace The internet erupted after a New York City jury found former President Trump guilty in his hush money trial on Thursday. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, which concluded a six-week trial at the Manhattan court.
The verdict also made Trump the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime , although it would not prevent him from running for president.
Trump will appeal the decision, but an appellate court could take months or even years to render a decision. In the meantime, liberals cheered the verdict on social media. Donald Trump arrives to Trump Tower, Thursday, May 30, 2024 after being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
(Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital) TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN NEW YORK CRIMINAL TRIAL "The Republican candidate for President is a convicted felon," author Stephen King noted. Vox correspondent Eric Levitz joked, "If they can do this to Donald Trump, they can do it to *any* American who tries to falsify business records so as to conceal the hush money payments they made to their pornstar ex-mistresses during their presidential campaigns." "Thank you Alvin Bragg for not being Merrick Garland," former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan said.
MediasTouch News editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski declared, "Henceforth known.