For the first time in American history, a former US president has been found guilty of a crime. #45 is now a felon.

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A jury of his peers in New York unanimously found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 presidential election. Remarkably, this is taking place in an election year in which said former president is running for his old job back, and it will undoubtedly have political consequences.

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Trump Was Convicted by a Jury, Not by His Political Enemies https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-was-convicted-by-a-jury-not-by-his-political-enemies-13f2654e?page=1

Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/guilty-trump-becomes-first-former-us-president-convicted-of-felony-crimes/ar-BB1niBIg?ocid=BingNewsSerp#


4 takeaways from the historic felony conviction of Donald Trump https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2024/trump-trial-verdict-analysis

Fact checking Trump's remarks after historic conviction in "hush money" trial https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-trump-conviction/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

MAGA faithful call for riots and lynchings after Trump’s guilty verdict
‘Find the jurors. All of them. Take no prisoners,’ wrote one user on a Trump-focused message board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-guilty-riots-violence-b2554889.html

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There are (and will be) plenty of news stories addressing the fact that Donald J Trump will go down in the history books as now being the first US president to be a convicted felon. However you feel about the matter, you can digest the fallout from this moment in history for yourself. I'm sure the story will continue to be in "the news" for quite a while.