June 14, 2024 Issue

New York City: President Donald Trump leaves the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on May 30, just after the jury delivered a guilty verdict for falsifying business records on all 34 counts of which he was accused in his hush money trial. Trump is the first former president to be tried for or convicted of a felony. Disputing the outcome, he said the trial was “rigged.” The historic ruling comes in the midst of his reelection campaign as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Sentencing will occur on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention. What effect the unprecedented conviction will have on the election is still unknown.