After deliberating for two days, The 12-member jury announced that it had found Trump guilty on all 34 counts those he faced. Unanimity was required for any verdict.
The verdict plunges the United States into uncharted territory before the presidential election of November 5, in which Trump, the Republican candidate, will try to regain the White House against Democratic President Joe Biden.
Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and was expected to appeal. The judge will announce the sentence on July 11.
Historic conviction of Donald Trump in the US for covering up a bribe to silence a porn actress
After the conviction, the magnate and main Republican candidate faces a maximum sentence of four years in prisonalthough others convicted of that crime usually receive shorter sentences, fines or probation. Imprisonment would not prevent him from campaigning, nor from taking office if he won.
Opinion polls show Trump and Biden, 81, in a very close race, and Reuters/Ipsos polls have found that a guilty verdict could cost Trump some of the support of independent and Republican voters.
The 45th president of the United States (2017-2021) was found guilty of 34 charges, accused of falsifying accounting documents for his empire, the Trump Organization, to hide a payment of $130,000 to the former actress to avoid a sexual scandal at the end of his 2016 presidential campaign.
Source: Ambito
