(NEXSTAR) — 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.
The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoon to reality television star and ultimately president. As he seeks a return to the White House in this year’s election, the judgment presents voters with another test of their willingness to accept Trump’s boundary-breaking behavior.
Trump addressed the assembled crowd outside the courthouse after the verdict was announced, blasting the decision in words he has repeated throughout the trial, calling it “rigged,” and accusing Judge Juan Merchan of being “conflicted.”
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.
(Story by Jeremy Tanner, NEXSTAR, found at ozarksfirst.com)
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