The former President was found guilty in a New York criminal case

Trump’s “Trump Trial” was a “Ragged, Disgraceful Trial”, a Washington-based Deputy Attorney General

As the verdicts were read, Trump remained silent and still. But the former president spoke to reporters outside the courtroom, calling it a “rigged, disgraceful trial,” and said the “real verdict” will be rendered on Election Day.

There’s no dispute over the fact of the payments. What prosecutors needed to prove is that Trump made them in order to cover up other crimes, such as violating campaign finance law and mischaracterizing the payments for tax purposes.

The verdict has to be unanimous. If all 12 jurors cannot come to an unanimous decision, the jury ishung and a mistrial is declared. The district attorney prosecuting the case will have to decide whether to try the case again.

The jury was told to be impartial and to leave their biases at the door by the judge. For an hour, he delivered the jury instructions, reminding jurors that some evidence — such as former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to violating federal campaign finance laws, or certain headlines that ran in newspapers — is used only to establish the credibility of other witnesses, and give context to the timing of events, and not to determine Trump’s guilt.

The intent to defraud and fabricate business records is one of the things that the jury needs to know about the law. In this case, he said prosecutors argued Trump aimed to conceal breaking New York election law by falsifying business records.

In order to reach a decision, the jury can look at three of the prosecution’s theories: Federal Election campaign act violation, falsification of other business records or violation of tax laws.

The Trump Organization’s former comptroller and the story of an affair with Trump and a black man: the case of David Pecker

The jurors will head into a room, give up their cellphones, and begin deliberation. They have one laptop with all the evidence. They will make a decision by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The legal teams have been told not to leave the building if a jury note shows a question or a possible verdict.

The testimony of the Trump Organization’s former comptroller was crucial to the case as it related to the forgery of records after the election.

In August 2015, two months after Trump announced his 2016 presidential bid, David Pecker, then the publisher of the National Enquirer tabloid, met with Trump and Cohen at Trump Tower, according to Pecker’s testimony.

Over the next year, Pecker said he carried out this role. His testimony was corroborated by Keith Davidson, an attorney who represented both Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. In about June 2016, McDougal considered going public with her story of a year-long affair with Trump. While he bought the rights to the story, he was expecting that he’d be reimbursed by Trump. That never happened.

In October of 2016 the campaign was thrown off balance by the release of the Access Hollywood tape, where Trump could be heard boasting, when he was a star. You can do whatever you want. Grab ’em by the p****.”

In her testimony, Daniels said there was a “power imbalance” when, after leaving the suite’s restroom, she found Trump on the hotel bed in his underwear. Daniels said that they had sex at that time.

She testified that Trump had dangled a possible role on his TV show Celebrity Apprentice. This detail — that the sex wasn’t entirely wanted — caused the defense to request a mistrial, which was denied. It provided Trump with an excuse to suppress the story. Prosecutors said, “Trump knew what happened in that hotel room” and didn’t want it to come out. The adult film actor’s testimony also included intimate details of her alleged sexual encounter, some of which Judge Merchan agreed with the defense were not necessary.

McConney authenticated a key record: the bank statement showing Cohen’s wire transfer. That record included handwritten notes from Cohen and Trump’s former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, describing the $130,000 payment that would be “grossed up” to cover Cohen’s taxes. Over a year’s time, the total was paid out at a rate of $35,000 per month.

The point that the payment to influence the election was made by Trump to keep women voters was supported by a number of other witnesses. Hicks, who said Trump, by then in the White House, told her that it was better the story came out in 2018, rather than 2016.

The payments would be described as pursuant to a “legal retainer.” (Weisselberg, who is serving jail time for perjury in Trump’s civil fraud trial, did not testify.)

Cohen said that he and Weisselberg met with Trump shortly before he left for Washington. After the meeting in Washington, Cohen said that Trump approved the deal and that it would be one heck of a ride. Cohen said he and Trump talked about the arrangement again in the Oval Office. Photos and White House records corroborate that the two met in the Oval Office at the time.

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If Trump is convicted, Merchan would later issue the sentence, which may or may not include prison time; some legal experts believe imprisonment for a former president is unlikely. A conviction does not prevent Trump from being the GOP nominee, nor continuing his bid for president. The legal team has a tendency to appeal civil trials in New York.

The jury come from all over Manhattan, including Murray Hill, the Upper West Side and Hell’s Kitchen. They are litigators, teachers, physical therapists and investment bankers. Their hobbies range from wood and metal working, hiking, fly fishing and exploring New York City. The men and women are all in the same area.

Merchan has tried to ensure that the jury remains anonymous, citing safety concerns. Only lawyers can see the names of jurors but they are not allowed to take pictures or record them.

X account for Trump’s presidential campaign and alleged interference in the 2016 election: The real verdict is November 5th by the people, not the district attorney’s office

“The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people,” Trump said. We didn’t do anything wrong. I is a very innocent man. He also blamed the Biden administration for the trial, even though the charges were not brought by the federal government, but rather the Manhattan district attorney’s office — an independent local enforcer. The X account for Trump’s presidential campaign posted an image Thursday evening, showing him with his fist raised and the words “NEVER SURRENDER,” along with a link to his campaign site.

Reporters from outlets such as CNN and The New York Times reported that Trump’s demeanor quickly changed from lighthearted to serious when he heard a verdict had been reached.

There are challenges over the former president retaining classified documents in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago and his alleged interference in the Georgia elections by trying to get enough votes to win the state.

This likely is the only one of Trump’s four ongoing criminal cases that will be heard ahead of the 2024 election in November, since federal trials in Washington, D.C., and Florida, and a state case in Georgia are in various stages of delays.

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, from May, showed that 17% of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Trump if he is convicted, while 15% said they would be more likely to vote for him. Most registered voters in the country say it doesn’t matter if Trump is found guilty in the trial.

The indictment was dismissed by the Republicans as a power grab by the District Attorney. Trump’s campaign has been negatively affected by the case.

On Thursday, 12 New York jurors said they unanimously agreed that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to influence the 2016 contest.