Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election

Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election

Trump found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in first criminal trial against a US president

Trump hush-money trial verdict – live updates

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 twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. 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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