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It wasn’t long after former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday evening that his allies and enemies seized on the verdict to try to raise much-needed campaign cash. Just moments after the former President and current Republican candidate for President was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election, Trump’s social media platform Truth Social displayed sponsored posts that called the trial “rigged” and asked supporters to “chip in” to send Democratic nominee President Joe Biden a message.

Zachary Spindler-Krage, The Denver Post Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a commencement speech at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs on Thursday, May 30, 2024. The Class of 2024 received their diplomas and commissions in the ceremony Thursday, which was punctuated by a flight of United States Air Force Thunderbirds over Falcon Stadium afterward.

By the time you read this, I will be somewhere in my fair city drinking champagne and eating bonbons in honor of this jury's brave verdict. Open thread below read more

When politicians are convicted of felonies, they’re almost always forced out of politics. They typically walk away in shame. We know that won’t happen with Donald Trump. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising.

Donald Trump has been in a war with accountability his entire adult life, and accountability has usually lost. In a New York City courtroom on Thursday, accountability triumphed, when a jury of his fellow citizens found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to cover up his hush-money/election-interference payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty 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. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours.