The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, It was declared guilty on 34 counts by a jury of NY and will face a judgment that could lead to jail. The tycoon is the Republican main candidate for the November elections. What could happen to his presidential aspirations and how it will affect his campaign.
During the second day of deliberations, the 12 members that make up the jury in the judgment that is carried out in the USA They unanimously resolved to find the former president guilty for having falsified commercial documentation through the Trump Organization for cover up the payment of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy your silence.
The jury’s unanimous verdict generated an immediate shock in the United States on two counts. Firstly, because the Real Estate businessman became the first former president in the country’s history to be found guilty in a criminal trial. Second, because he is the main rival of Joe Biden in the November elections.
Donald Trump, convicted: can he run for office?
On July 11, three days before the Republican Convention which is expected to formally nominate trump as a candidate, the judge Juan Merchan will read the sentence that will range between imprisonment and probation, the latter case being the most likely.
The former president was found guilty on all 34 charges. Experts legal claims that for each of them he could receive up to a maximum of 4 years in prison. However, New York law limits the sentence up to 20 years.
However, analysts on the matter assure after the verdict that due to his background it is unlikely to end up arrested. Furthermore, the conviction will not prevent Trump from continuing his presidential campaignalthough the magistrate sentences him to prison.
This is because, despite being sentenced, the magnate would meet the requirements demanded by the US Constitution: be a natural citizen, be at least 35 years old and have resided in the US for at least 14 years.
Furthermore, US supreme law allows a convicted felon to assume presidential office even if he is imprisoned. Appeals could even stretch the times.
The surveys show to Trump head to head with the president Biden. The guilty verdict will undoubtedly inflame passions as the race for the White House intensifies.
Will Donald Trump be able to pardon himself if he wins the presidency?
If he wins the presidency, the tycoon will not be able to pardon himself himself since the case was not brought by the federal government but by the state of New York. Only the governor could clear his name.
In addition to the New York case, Trump has been accused in Washington and Georgia of conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He also faces charges in Florida for taking huge amounts of classified documents after leaving the White House.
If elected, trump could close the two federal cases that accuse him of attempt to illegally overturn his defeat in the 2020 elections and of misappropriating classified documents after leaving office in 2021. It would not have the power to stop a separate case of electoral subversion taking place in Georgia.
Donald Trump found guilty of falsifying business documents
He Jury finds Trump guilty of falsifying business documents after going through a five-week trial, which featured explicit testimony from the porn star Stormy Daniels about a sexual encounter she says she had with trump in 2006 while married to his current wife Melania. Trump denies having had sexual relations with Daniels.
Michael Cohen, who then supported the former president, testified that Trump approved a $130,000 hush payment to Daniels in the final weeks of the 2016 election, when he faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Cohen testified that he arranged the payment and that Trump approved a plan to reimburse him through monthly payments disguised as legal work. Trump’s lawyers hammered Cohen’s credibility, highlighting his criminal record and incarceration, as well as his history of lying.
Forging business documents is normally a misdemeanor in New Yorkbut prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office elevated it to felony alleging that Trump was concealing an illegal campaign contribution. And they stated that this fact had implications for the presidential election.
trump He complained that he couldn’t get a fair trial in his heavily Democratic hometown.
The case was widely considered the least significant of the four criminal proceedings he faces. Trump. The jurors heard testimonies of sex and lies that have been public since 2018, although the charges themselves rested on general ledger accounts and other records of refunds of Cohen.
He was known as the “zombie case” because Bragg resurrected him after his predecessor chose not to press charges. This case was also likely to be the only one to go to trial before the election, as the others are delayed by procedural challenges.
Source: Ambito
