AURN News with Ebony McMorris

Trump Found Guilty on All 34 Felony Counts in Hush Money Trial

Former President Donald Trump became the first U.S. President to be convicted of a crime.

Ebony McMorris
May 31, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump became the first U.S. President to be convicted of a crime. He has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a jury of his peers in a New York criminal case regarding hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to influence the 2016 election.

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

But the conclusion of this high-profile hush money trial isn’t over. The verdict marks just the beginning of a protracted legal battle. The road ahead includes sentencing, potential prison time, and a prolonged appellate process.

Amidst all of this, Trump faces three more criminal cases and an ongoing presidential campaign with aspirations of reclaiming the White House. As the nation grapples with the verdict, uncertainties loom over the sentencing slated for July 11, just days before Trump’s potential nomination as a 2024 Republican presidential candidate.

A demonstrator reacts to the guilty verdict announced against former President Donald Trump outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

We will be following this legal saga as it unfolds and shapes the political landscape.

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White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.